NBA to Come to Beijing
　NBA teams will play in Beijing this October. The NBA has already become tremendously popular in China, partly because the league held two preseason games between the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings in Shanghai and Beijing in 2004.
　According the Houston Chronicle, the NBA will likely send Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers to China, instead of the Houston Rockets, where Yao Ming plays as the starting center.

China's Stocks Have Biggest Tumble in 10 Years
　China's stocks tumbled the most in 10 years as some investors judged record gains in key indexes as excessive. Citic Securities Co., the nation's biggest publicly traded brokerage, led declines.
　"The market's very sensitive as it's been trading at record levels and some stocks are considered overvalued,'' said Fan Dizhao, who helps manage about $1.8 billion with Guotai Asset Management Co. in Shanghai. "Investors are nervous about recent rapid gains and are not convinced further share-price increases can be sustained."
　The Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index, which tracks yuan- denominated A shares listed on China's two exchanges, plunged 250.18 points, or 9.2 percent, to 2457.49 at the close. The measure, which jumped 13 percent in the past six sessions, closed at a record 2707.68 yesterday.
　The Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks the bigger of China's stock exchanges, plunged 8.8 percent to 2771.79. Today's tumble was the biggest since Feb. 18, 1997. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which covers the smaller one, dropped 8.5 percent to 709.81. The measure has surged 29 percent this year.

China Still Remembers Nixon 35 Years Later
　Thirty-five years after Richard Nixon became the first U.S. president to journey to China and helped begin to thaw the cold war, the details of his landmark visit remain vivid in the minds of Chinese people.
　Ji Chaozhu, former deputy UN secretary-general, served as an interpreter during Nixon's tour. He clearly remembered the day of February 21, 1972. After Nixon deplaned at the Beijing airport he shook hands with former premier Zhou Enlai, who told the president, "your hand has stretched across the largest ocean of the world".
　Nowadays, multipolarization and globalization enables China and the U.S. to have closer cooperation both in world affairs and trade. The U.S. became China's second largest trading partner. The trade volume between the two countries hit 262.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2006.

Chinglish: Creativity for English Language
　The Global Language Monitor (GLM) recently released a report saying Chinglish has become creative for new English words.
　English, as a global language, has been affected by the rise of China. There are reports saying that many new English words are "Chinglish" such as "Long time no see" and "Drink tea."
　The president of the GLM, Paul Payack, said Chinglish and other mixed English words have enriched the English vocabulary, which has now 986,120 words according to latest estimates. The GLM added 20,000 new words to their base in the English language last year, twice as many as the previous year. Twenty percent of them are Chinglish.
　Chinglish's influence is close related with the Chinese-language study promotion around the world. It is said there are about 30 million foreigners learning Chinese. As a symbol for Chinese teaching, Confucius Institutes play an important role in Chinese cultural communication. There are now 120 Confucius institutes in the world spread across more than 50 countries. The number is expected to increase to 500 in 2010.

China's Great Wall Cries over Graffiti
　No one is a hero, a renowned Chinese leader once said, until he steps onto the Great Wall.
　Nowadays too many Chinese want to become "heroes", as they flood onto the Great Wall and carve their names on its bricks.
　The Great Wall has been suffering this graphic damage for many years. Now - according to a Xinhua News Agency report, Saturday - the Association for the Great Wall and the management of the Great Wall at Badaling have initiated a joint campaign to curb the graffiti habit and also invite proposals as to how the wall can best be patched and repaired so as to better protect this World Heritage site.

Beijing Olympic Tickets to Go on Sale in April
　Tickets for the 2008 Olympics have been on sale from April, but the buyers of tickets for some hot events will have to be decided by random draw, organizers said. Chinese nationals and foreigners residing in China can now register to book tickets online after the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOCOG) launched the official ticketing website (www.tickets.beijing2008.cn).
　The most expensive tickets will be for the opening ceremony on the evening of Aug. 8, which will cost 5,000 yuan (646 US dollars). The cheapest tickets for that event will be 200 yuan (25.8 US dollars).

US Urged to Open up to Chinese Tourists
　"Asking the United States to open its tourist market will be a topic for the China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade this year," said Zhang Xiqin, deputy director of the China National Tourism Administration at a press conference.
　So far, 132 countries and regions have become tourist destinations for Chinese travellers. However, neither the United States nor Canada is on the list, as both prohibit entry to travel agency groups.
　A Beijing-based travel agency manager told China Daily that the US is clearly a country that doesn't think "the more tourists the better".
　Quoting statistics from the 1990s, which stated that the US received between 30 million and 50 million tourists a year, the agent　said: "The country does not welcome too many tourists." He also called it "an arrogant country".
　 "In 2007, the figure is likely to hit 40 million," said Zhang.

American Honored for Correcting English Signs for Beijing　　
　American David Tool, better known as Du Dawei, is interviewed after receiving the honor of becoming one of the "top ten volunteers of 2006," Wednesday, March 28, 2007.
　A sixtysomething American living in Beijing was awarded the title of "top ten volunteer of 2006" on Wednesday, becoming the first foreigner to claim the honor.
　David Tool, better known by his Chinese name Du Dawei, has been voluntarily correcting misleading English signs throughout the Chinese capital during his six-year life in the city.
　Upon accepting the award, Du Dawei said he wanted to act as a bridge between the Chinese and English culture and smoothen communication difficulties brought by language barriers.
　The "top ten Beijing volunteers" awards were initiated in 2004, aiming to recognize outstanding social volunteers from all walks of life. 330,000 people have voted through the internet this year.

Team Shaolin Vs. Foreign visitors
　Kungfu is well known among China's Buddhist monks. The Shaolin Temple, situated in central China's Henan Province, has even long been regarded as birthplace of Chinese Kungfu for over 1,000 years.
　But unlike Shaolin, monks in the Huayan Temple, one of the most famous Buddhist temples in west China's Chongqing Municipality, like soccer more than Kungfu.
　"Our team was formed on April 18, 2006, and we don't train much," he said. "But we like soccer. We are improving and I believe we can play better. In fact, this is the sixth match we have played with the foreigners."
　Huayan Temple's chief monk Daojian said that soccer can help the monks get strong mentally and physically. "We need exercises to keep us strong and fit. The exercises can be either traditional or modern, like Kungfu or soccer. Soccer can enlarge our social scope and can also promote Buddhism."
　Bruce Bremeise who comes from the United States, a photographer of the international team, said: "It is very nice to play soccer games with Buddhist monks, who are very polite. Buddhism is a peaceful religion."

Silk Road Set to Be Tourism Hotspot
　The Silk Road is an interconnected series of east-west routes used 2,100 years ago for trading and cultural exchanges.
　It totals about 10,000 kilometers in length, according to experts. Some 3,000 kilometers of the road are inside China's territory, running through Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions, before reaching Central Asia, West Asia, and countries around the Mediterranean Sea.
　UNESCO estimated that a third of the world's tourists would visit the Silk Road.
　Forums have been held to allow countries and cities along the route to have a say on how to cooperate. The United Nations World Tourism Organization is also coordinating an effort to boost tourism development along the route. Within Chinese territory, there are several sites listed in UNESCO's World Heritage, including Mogao Grotoes in Dunhuang County of Gansu Province, part of the Great Wall and Longmen Grottoes in Henan Province.

ITFCEW Forum Ended 193,300 Million RMB Contract, Value Achieved
　The eleventh annual ITFCEW (Investment & Trade Forum for Cooperation between East & West) which started from 5th April ended on 10th April, 2007 in Qujiang International Conference & Exhibition center, Xi'an. Mr. Liang Heping, the vice secretary-general of the Shaanxi province concluded the achievement of the forum on 10th April, 2007. "This year's forum created a new high, 1285 new contracts home and abroad, and the value reached to 193,300 million RMB. We signed 119 contracts with foreign countries which valued 2658 million USD increased 9.3%." said Liang.

American Airline Celebrate its One Year Anniversary Direct Flight to China in Shanghai
　April 3, Shanghai, American Airlines celebrated the happy milestone in American's services between China and the U.S., i.e. Shanghai-Chicago 1 year anniversary and stated they were delighted with the success of our Shanghai-Chicago route in the first year of service. 2006 was indeed a milestone year in American's Turnaround Plan. American Airlines produced a full year profit for the first time since 2000, with the combined effort of the entire American Airlines team worldwide. It reported a $231 million profit for 2006, which represents a $1.1 billion improvement over the net loss of $857 million recorded in 2005.
　As the world's largest airline, American is highly committed to strengthening and expanding its operations in China and contributing to China 's growing trade and cultural links with the outside world. American Airlines also remains focused on further improving services and expanding network to be able to provide the best possible travel experience to customers in China and globally.