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Games to see tonight:
20:00 Basketball Men's Quarterfinal - Game 68 United States vs Australia
PEOPLE:
- American Tourist earn return-ticket by selling Olympic pins (Jinghua)
American tourist, Frank (last name unknown), made over 2,000 US dollars by selling the Olympic pins online. He started only swapping pins with other pin fans. (last seen at the beach volleyball court on Aug. 17th) After he puts up some pins online, the interests wereoverwhelming, and he started selling those he doesn't need, and made a fortune out of them.
Story came from a friend of the reporter, another pin-lover, Fu Jian. We may contact this American through him. (http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/200808/20/n1643266.shtml )
Story came from a friend of the reporter, another pin-lover, Fu Jian. We may contact this American through him. (http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/
SEEN & HEARD:
- Video of Houston Rockets' star Dikembe Mutombo visiting Beijing released online:
- Video of the Free Tibet protest causing the detainment of 6 Americans:
OLYMPICS:
- Liu Xiang Quit
- 8000 comments on Netease in just 20 minutes
- 1st time in the Olympic that live broadcast stopped because of one athlete
- online video of people encouraging Liu watched 897,506 times
- Yao Ming texting Liu: "The road ahead is a long one. Go, Liu."
- Volunteer Count: MPC: 77,119 volunteers doing 61 different jobs at 2,940 posts.
- Chinese Medalist donating his medal to earthquake-hit area
Yang Wei, silver medalist in Men's Rings, donated his silver to the disaster area. (http://2008.people.com.cn/GB/128225/128446/7692895.html )
ELEMENTS:
We can now see advertisements in subways, etc featuring the giant panda, saying "If you wan to see me, come to Sichuan" kind of slogan.
Most products are 0.5 to 1 RMB more expensive now, and this is the first price raise in beverage products in almost ten years.
- Earthquake students at SUNY (Xinhua)
150 college undergraduates from 40 Sichuan counties, are to study for one year at 22 campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY).
PITCH:
- Physical Punishment in School Causing 2 Pupils Suicide, Case settled for 56,000 RMB (China News)
Yang Qi, Shi Jianyun, 2 sixth-grade pupils in Yunnan Province (弥勒县虹溪镇东门小学), committed suicide by taking poison, because of the physical punishment from the teachers in school. The People's Court of Yunnan Province settled a deal of 56, 000 RMB payment from the school to the victims' families.
(http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/200808/20/n1642683.shtml )
(http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/