Tong Jian News

Zhao Hongbo and Shen Xue have returned to the ice with a vengeance with their eyes set firmly on winning China's first Olympic figure skating gold medal in Vancouver early next year.

Canada's Mylene Brodeur and John Mattatall captured fifth place in pairs at the NHK Trophy Grand Prix figure skating event Saturday, while Cynthia Phaneuf finished sixth in women's singles.

Canadian Charles Hamelin took the gold medal in the 1,500 metres at the short-track speed skating World Cup, winning by a thousandth of a second over South Korean Sung Si-Bak. It was a welcome win after a roller coaster afternoon for the Canadians.

CHINA'S 2006 pairs world champions Pang Qing and Tong Jian overcame a 1.60-point deficit from the short program to win the NHK Trophy for the second straight year with a flawless free-skating performance.

Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China perform during the pairs short program at the NHK Trophy in Nagano, Japan, yesterday.

The still-scuffling U.S. economy may keep some NBA teams from starting the season with a full, 15-player roster, according to a survey of all 30 franchises by The Associated Press.

Evgeni Plushenko won gold at the Rostelecom Cup on Saturday after a soaring free skate in his first international event since becoming Olympic champion at the 2006 Turin Games.

But a few seconds later, Plushenko showed that he's still short of the discipline that made him the Olympic champion, losing focus and doubling a planned triple lutz.

The English version of The History of Chinese Printing made its world debut on Thursday at the 61st Frankfurt Book Fair.

Namibia Calls for End to Cuba's Blockade by John Ekongo 21 July 2009 WINDHOEK - The Namibian Government has condemned the United States economic blockade on Cuba and has come out strongly in support of the lifting of the economic sanctions imposed on the Republic of Cuba since 1959.

It has come to the point where this blatant copying of Western car designs from Chinese auto manufacturers is getting totally ridiculous.

Somehow, we managed to miss China's first-ever hybrid sports car at the Shanghai Motor Show earlier this year.