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It's Shane Bigham with you on this Thursday, February 12th, 2015.
Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
Coming up on our program this evening...
leaders from Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France have reached an agreement to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine...
Chinese travelers have already taken nearly half-a-billion trips by road and rail during the first week of the Spring Festival travel rush...
and experts say lowered or eliminated GDP targets in Chinese provinces and cities will ultimately help strengthen the country's economy...
In Business...Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Europe set a new record last year...
In Sports...the CBA team from Shanxi expresses regret, after players argue with opposition1 fans...
First, a check of the weather...
Weather
Beijing will be clear tonight with a low of minus 5. It will be sunny tomorrow, with a high of 9 degrees.
Shanghai will be cloudy with a low of 5. Tomorrow will be cloudy with a high of 12.
Chongqing will be clear with a low of 6. Tomorrow will be cloudy with a high of 16.
Elsewhere in Asia
Islamabad, sunny tomorrow with a high of 33.
Kabul, cloudy, 18.
In Australia
Sydney, showers and a high of 28.
Canberra, thundershower, 27.
Brisbane, showers, 29.
Perth will be cloudy with a high of 26 degrees.
Top News
Leaders agree Ukraine peace roadmap
A deal aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine has been reached, following marathon talks in Belarus.
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France announced that a ceasefire will begin on Sunday.
The deal also involves the withdrawal4 of heavy weapons from the front line, but some issues remain to be settled.
The leaders say rebels in eastern Ukraine have signed the agreement.
Thousands of people have died in almost a year of fighting.
For more about the Ukraine peace talk, CRI's Xu Qinduo spoke5 earlier with Sergiy Kudelia, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Baylor University.
Over 466 Mln Chinese Passengers Home in 1st Week of Spring Festival Travel Rush
Over 420 million Chinese passengers have traveled by road, and nearly 50 million others taken trains home during the first week of the Spring Festival travel rush.
Some cities have launched special trains for migrant workers, who make up about one-third of those home-bound passengers.
The city of Dalian has organized the first special train for migrant workers, with more than 1,000 passengers on board.
An unnamed migrant worker talks about the extra service.
"Of course it was convenient. We did not have to buy the tickets by ourselves and got the tickets before our trips."
The city has helped workers from at least 300 companies order tickets to home since last December.
Anchor:
A two-day international seminar on China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative opened Wednesday in Fujian Province.
Over 280 academics and experts from 30 countries attended the conference in Quanzhou city.
CRI's Wang Wei has the details.
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The event was themed "collectively building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and creating a community of common destiny".
Jiang Jianguo is the director of China's State Council Information Office.
"Maritime Silk Road enables countries along it to live together as a big family. It is a community of common destiny. Currently, the Maritime Silk Road has entered a new stage of pragmatic cooperation. We can step up collaboration to reach a win-win situation. We can also continue to bring prosperity and progress by jointly11 accomplishing programs and creating common interests."
Fujian Province is recognized worldwide as the starting point of the ancient maritime Silk Road.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Fujian has been a part of the time-honored trade route.
Nowadays, Fujian continues to play a major role in maritime trade.
You Quan is Communist Party chief of Fujian province.
He says that the Province has always been a pioneer of China's reform and opening-up and a close trading partner of Southeast Asian countries.
"Fujian will step up infrastructure13 construction to improve air, sea and land traffic. We will create a port clearance14 mechanism15 to facilitate the goods flow and personnel exchange. In the meantime, we will try to promote multiple trades and to advance maritime cooperation. It's crucial to accelerate the experimental process of Fujian Free Trade Area thus making contributions to the Road."
On the enterprise front, companies from countries along the Maritime Silk Road have high expectations.
Sun Zhiyong is vice6 general manager of China Huaneng Group, one of the country's State-owned enterprises to go global.
"We are willing to communicate and cooperation with the countries along the "Belt and Road" in order to aid business. Especially in the energy sector16, we can cooperate in new projects, energy saving and environmental protection, technology innovation and personnel exchanges, among others. We believe in the future, we are able to develop more and more opportunities."
In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested that China and Central Asia join hands to build a Silk Road Economic Belt to boost cooperation.
Later, President Xi proposed the building of a more closely-knit China-ASEAN community following a common destiny and provided guidance for constructing a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road to promote maritime cooperation.
The "Belt and Road" initiative has since been frequently mentioned by Chinese leaders.
For CRI, this is Wang Wei.
Provinces cut GDP Growth Targets amid 'New Normal'
Anchor:
Chinese authorities are promoting changes to the economy and lower GDP growth rates as the "new normal" in this country.
Shanghai, an economic powerhouse on its own, has stopped issuing an annual GDP growth target while most provinces across the country have been lowering their forecasts.
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A new report says 29 of 31 provincial18 regions on the mainland have lowered their GDP growth targets for 2015. Beijing, the capital region, has lowered its target to 7 percent, down from 7.5.
Li Yaoxin, Director of the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission, believes the changes, including Shanghai's elimination19 of GDP targets, will help to create a healthier economic growth pattern.
"Eliminating the GDP growth target is a "historical inevitability20". We are now more concerned about the quality and structure of growth instead of just its quantity and efficiency. GDP should be used as one of the indicators21 of how well we did, and not be an overall target."
According to a report issued by the Shanghai government, its goal is to achieve a more stable, better structured, and high-quality economic growth pattern. At the same time, it's hoped a better-developed economy will also allow the government to further improve environmental protection.
Among the other 29 regions which have lowered their GDP targets, most have set a number at around seven percent.
Niu Li is the head of the Macroeconomic Study Department in China's State Information Center.
"We've reached consensus22 that the shifting from former high speed growth rate, such as the 9.8 percent increase that has been the average number of the past 35 years, to a slightly slower but stable growth rate, is indeed necessary. Even the exact number is not agreed on yet. I believe it should be between six to eight percent, around seven percent. Now we've reached seven percent."
China recorded a 7.4 percent GDP growth in 2014, the lowest in 24 years, and many provinces missed their targets.
In 2015, most provinces are facing major challenges such as overproduction, restructuring, and industrial transformation23 and updating. And Niu Li says eliminating old habits will take time.
"Even though we've talked a lot about the "new normal," when entering a new stage we still need time to accept new concepts and adjust to new practices."
For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin.
China maritime search and rescue forces still insufficient24: official
Chinese Search and Rescue Center says the MH370 search operation has exposed many deficiencies of the China maritime search and rescue force.
The officials say China should further strengthen the nation's overall maritime search and rescue ability, including improvements to search equipment.
According to data from the Chinese Ministry25 of Transport, in 2014, the success rate of rescues within Chinese territorial26 waters was more than 96 percent.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop28 have met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in Canberra.
al-Jaafari says Baghdad has not asked for ground forces as US president Barack Obama urges Congress to authorize29 military action against IS militants30.
"The message that Iraq gave to the Security Council at the beginning of the conference never included a request for ground forces to enter Iraqi territory to conduct such operations."
Bishop says that Australia has no plans to expand its role in Iraq.
"We have not sought to expand our role to include combat troops. We've not had that discussion. We have talked about opportunities to continue to train Iraqi defence forces in circumstances where that would be required."
Republicans, who control Congress, have swiftly resisted Obama's plan, and said Obama's foreign policy is too passive.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Stresses 'Peace' in Policy Speech
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for reforms and security improvements in his annual policy speech.
Abe says Japan needs to contribute more to world peace in terms of foreign policy.
"This year especially I would like to raise even further the flag of proactive contributions to peace to make Japan a country that is to be trusted and make this change appropriate, 70 years since the end of World War II."
Japan's pacifist constitution places restrictions31 on its military including a ban on its troops fighting overseas.
But Abe is trying to ease curbs32 on exercising the right of collective self-defence, which means providing military aid to allies that are under attack.
Abe's move refers to a reinterpretation33 of Japan's constitution, but any changes must be voted on to become law.
Debt talks between Greece and its creditors in the 19-country eurozone ended on Thursday without agreement before next week's follow-up meeting.
Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis.
"It was fascinating. We had a very constructive36 and extensive discussion of all the facets37 of the Greek crisis and the way in which the Eurogroup can facilitate the transition to a new phase in the history of the Greek social economy, so that we overcome the debt inflationary crisis, the humanitarian39 crisis, and so on."
Jeroen Dijsselbloem (yo-roon dastle-bloom) is the head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers.
"It was my ambition to agree on the steps to take (over) the next couple of days so we could spend them well and make more progress between now and Monday. Unfortunately, we've not been able to do that, so we will continue our talks on Monday and move on from there."
Greece's newly-elected Syriza government is seeking changes to the country's financial bailout which it blames in large part for the country's economic problems.
The Greek economy has shrunk around 25 percent over the past few years and poverty levels have swelled41.
Indonesia Refuses to Show Mercy on Two Australian Drug Traffickers
The Indonesian government will continue to communicate with the Australian government regarding plans to execute two Australian nationals.
Australia's foreign minister Julie Bishop has made a plea for mercy on the two Australian drug traffickers.
"The Australian government will continue to seek clemency42 for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran. We urge the Indonesian government to show the same mercy to Andrew and Myuran that it seeks for its citizens in the same situation abroad.."
Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi has reacted to the plea at a press conference.
"This is not against a country, this is not against a national of a certain country, but this is against crime, against extraordinary crime."
The two Australians were arrested in 2005 for attempting to smuggle43 nearly 9 kilos of heroin44 to Australia from the tourist island of Bali.
The two were the ringleaders of a group of nine Australians.
Biz Reports
Chinese stocks closed slightly higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rising half a percent and the Shenzhen Component45 Index gaining a third of a percent. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index added almost half a percent.
Stocks related to telecom operations and smart TVs led the gains.
Rumors46 have gone viral today claiming that China Telecom will merge47 with China Unicom, and China Mobile with Broadcast TV Network.
But the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and these companies all denied the merger48 plans amid market speculation49 that pushed their stocks higher.
China Unicom stocks surged more than 8 percent, and Broadcast TV Network gained more than 6 percent. China Telecom gained more than 2 percent on the Hong Kong exchange.
Elsewhere in Asia,
The Japanese Nikkei surged nearly two percent.
South Korea's KOSPI Composite Index lost a fifth of a percent.
Singapore's Straits Times index shed nearly three quarters of a percent.
And finally, Australia's ASX 200 dropped nearly half a percent.
Chinese foreign direct investment into Europe hit a record 18 billion U.S. dollars last year, with food and agriculture the top draw.
Britain was the top European destination for Chinese FDI last year at 5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Italy at 3.5 billion U.S. dollars.
Chinese FDI into Europe barely existed before 2004, and did not really take off until 2009.
Over the past decade, more than two-thirds of Chinese FDI has gone to countries that have emerged relatively52 unscathed from the eurozone debt crisis.
Insider says they are making a long-term bet on the European economy.
China, Australia to to sign FTA this year
China and Australia are expected to sign a landmark53 free trade agreement in the second quarter of this year and implement54 it from the fourth quarter onwards.
Lachlan Crews, economic counselor55 of the Australian embassy in China says the two sides concluded FTA talks in November and are expected to sign an agreement after completing the legal review and translation of the text.
Under the FTA, Australia will eventually reduce tariffs56 to zero on all goods imported from China, and China will remove tariffs on the vast majority of Australian goods.
It will also include the opening-up of numerous service sectors57, a simplified review procedure for investment, most-favored-nation treatment, favorable market access rules and market transparency.
Tariffs on infant formula will be eliminated in four years and that on milk powder in 11 years, to allow Chinese dairy producers enough time to manage potential growth of competing imports.
U.S. launches trade probes against China, among others
Anchor:
The U.S. Commerce Department has initiated58 anti-dumping and countervailing investigations60 against imports of certain uncoated paper from China and other countries.
Uncoated paper is commonly used for office copy and printer paper.
The US complains that imported paper from China, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, and Portugal were sold below fair value in the American market.
The investigation59 will define whether exporters from China and Indonesia received improper61 government subsidies62.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce is urging Washington to abide63 by its commitment against protectionism and help maintain a free, open and just international trade environment.
For more on the trade probes issue, we are joined live by Benjamin Cavender, Principal at China Market Research.
Beijing to double charging stations before 2016
The number of electric-vehicle charging stations in Beijing will be doubled by the end of this year to encourage the use of new-energy vehicles.
Beijing currently has more than 1,400 public charging stations at nearly 200 sites, that means one charging station can be found within a five kilometer radius64 from anywhere in the city.
The charging stations are located at shopping malls, office buildings, parking lots, airports, highway service areas, and parks.
However, Beijing authorities are also calling for more private investment in charging facilities to help increase their numbers in the capital city.
Dalian Wanda expands Atletico brand
Dalian Wanda Group and Atletico Madrid will promote soccer in China.
Wanda recently bought a stake in the football club and announced it will open 200 stores at Wanda Plazas65 across the country to sell club merchandise.
But the two will also open soccer academies. Atletico will provide technical support and coaching expertise66 while Wanda will build the schools.
The academies will complement67 the Future Star youth program, a joint10 venture between Wanda and the Chinese Football Association to train kids at football schools in Spain.
Wanda will invest 20 million euros every year to support the development of 180 young Chinese players in Spain.
Baidu revenue falls short of estimates as customers go mobile
Baidu reported a lower-than-expected 48 percent rise in quarterly revenue as more users switched from PCs to mobile devices.
Baidu, a search engine, reported revenue of 14 billion yuan for the fourth quarter of last year, falling short of the average estimate.
In December, search revenue from mobile surpassed PC for the first time, which means less space for more lucrative69 forms of advertising70.
Headline News
Leaders agree Ukraine peace roadmap
A deal aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine has been reached, following marathon talks in Belarus.
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France announced that a ceasefire will begin on Sunday.
The deal also involves the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line, but some issues remain to be settled.
The leaders say rebels in eastern Ukraine have signed the agreement.
Thousands of people have died in almost a year of fighting.
More ships likely to join search for MH370: Malaysia
Authorities in Malaysia say more ships may join the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The country's Transport Minister says the government is in talks with China regarding the addition of more ships.
Currently, there are four vessels71 actively72 searching for the flight, which disappeared nearly a year ago while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
No evidence of the plane has been found so far. All 239 people on the plane are presumed dead. More than half of them were Chinese.
China plans airport in border city near Russia
The central government has approved a feasibility plan involving construction of a domestic regional airport in the city of Suifenhe in Heilongjiang Province.
The facility would include a 25-hundred meter runway and a 45-hundred square-foot terminal. The design would be able to handle up to 450-thousand passengers and 36-hundred tonnes of cargo74 annually75 by 2025.
80 percent of the province's trade with Russia passes through Suifenhe. In 2013, the central government approved the use of the Ruble in that city, on a trial basis alongside the Renminbi.
An expansion of the Suifenhe land port is also underway, which will significantly increase passenger and cargo handling capacities upon completion.
Former DPP chief Su won't run for Taiwan leadership
Su Tseng-chang, former chairman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, has announced that he will not run in the Taiwan leadership election in 2016.
The 67-year-old was the island's vice leader candidate representing the DPP in 2008, running with Frank Hsieh, but lost the campaign to Kuomintang's duo of Ma Ying-jeou and Vincent Siew, ending DPP's eight-year rule by Chen Shui-bian.
A former head of the island's executive body, Su lost an inner-DPP nomination76 for the Taiwan leadership election to Tsai Ing-wen in 2012. Tsai, however, failed to unseat incumbent77 Ma in her first leadership campaign that year.
The DPP began nominating candidates on Thursday for the election.
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XINHUA
"Fireworks industry faces pressure amid smog concerns"
One week ahead of Spring Festival, China's firework companies are feeling the heavy pressure as they face a stagnant78 market going into their busiest sales period, with demand shrinking amid bans on firework displays.
Setting off fireworks during the Lunar New Year is an age-old tradition in China and is used to bring a festive79 atmosphere during the country's most important holiday.
However, fireworks have been increasingly blamed for contributing to the country's smog problem, pushing local governments to implement measures forbidding or limiting firework displays.
A total of 138 cities have introduced bans and 536 cities have issued restrictions so far.
In Beijing, the official period to sell fireworks has been shortened from 20 to 11 days this year. The number of licensed80 retail81 outlets82 was down by 20 percent year on year to 942.
CHINA NEWS SERVICE
"Bans on 'selfie-sticks' increase globally"
Art lovers, football fans and revelers heading to parties are among those who find themselves increasingly unwelcome in several countries if they use selfie sticks to take photos.
Also known as monopods, selfie sticks are hand-held, extendable poles that can be attached to smartphones or cameras and help users take pictures of themselves.
Regarded as the hottest selling item in the United States over the Christmas holiday, several museums in New York City have pulled the plug over fears that the lengthy83 tools might damage art.
In Singapore, dance club Zouk banned selfie sticks at its music festival ZoukOut. Partygoers had to deposit the implements84 in lockers85 before entering the festival venue68.
South Korea has also launched a crackdown. Anyone selling unregistered versions of selfie sticks could face a 32-thousand USD fine or up to three years in prison.
Selfie sticks are already banned in stadiums during English Premier2 League matches as they could be used as weapons or compromise public safety.
So far, China has remained silent over a possible ban of the "arm extenders."
ANTARA NEWS (Indonesia)
"Smoking in cars to become illegal in England"
British parliament has approved regulations which will make smoking in cars become illegal when carrying children.
The new rules are expected to come into force on Oct. 1 and people who violate those rules will be fined 50 pounds or about 76 U.S. dollars.
Public Health England will launch campaigns to raise awareness86 of the new legislation and the dangers that secondhand smoke in homes and cars can cause to children's health.
It says the regulations would become part of the existing smokefree laws and would make it an offence to smoke or to fail to prevent smoking in a private vehicle with someone under the age of 18 present.
However, the regulations do not apply to a driver on their own in a car.
Each year about 80-thousand people in England are killed by tobacco use, which is one of the most significant challenges to public health.
Around eight million people in England smoke and are exposed to secondhand smoke.
In Britain, smokefree laws have covered public transport, public places and work vehicles.
AP
"Montana lawmaker says yoga pants should be illegal"
A Montana legislative87 panel moved to kill an indecent exposure bill after the lawmaker who introduced it said he thinks yoga pants should be illegal.
Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to table House Bill 365, which Rep. David Moore introduced Tuesday.
The proposal would have expanded the definition of indecent exposure to include garments that give the appearance of a person's buttocks, genitals or pelvis.
The Republican from Missoula said he wouldn't have a problem with people being arrested for wearing such provocative88 clothing such as tight-fitting beige garments. Moore also said yoga pants should be illegal.
Although members of the committee giggled89 about the bill, no discussion was allowed before a voice vote to table it.
Currently, a person convicted of indecent exposure three times in Montana can be sentenced to life in jail and up to 10,000 US dollars.
Special Reports
Rising tourist market cries for better performance of China airlines: industry insiders
Anchor:
A new survey conducted by travel information firm Travelsky and English.China.com is suggesting expats planning to travel around China remain concerned about the quality of service on domestic airlines to the point where it may affect where they decide to travel.
CRI's Xu Fei has more.
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Leading Chinese aviation and tourism information provider TravelSky used the analysis method of big data in this survey.
In the survey, several second-tiered Chinese cities, including Urumqi, Xiamen and Qingdao are among the most popular tourist destinations.
Many expats say they plan to travel around China during this holiday season.
"Harbin in this weather is very interesting, and I like Kashgar, very interesting, nice carpets, good food."
"This Chinese new year I'll travel around the south of China. I would like to go to Xiamen. I would like to go to Guilin and the area of Sichuan."
However, at the same time, the TravelSky survey is also suggesting the passenger satisfaction for domestic carriers remains90 not optimistic.
One of the most common complaints is the sometimes poor on-time performance.
Aviation expert Zhang Jing says the experience of air travel is one of the elements that will have a direct impact on tourists' decision process.
"Most of China's tourist cities are under heavy influence of seasonal91 factors, which means season will be the top consideration for foreign tourists. Besides, the on-time performance of carriers, on-flight service and ground transit38 will also have an impact on air travelers."
Apart from flight delays, passengers and industry insiders say on-plane service is another thing that Chinese carriers should pay extra attention.
Air Canada staff Kramer has this to say.
"I work for Air Canada, so I always choose Air Canada. A friend I work with also travels with Air China and other airlines. He says the service of Air Canada is above China's airline service."
Xia Xinghua is the vice director of China's Civil Aviation Administration.
"We encourage competition among carriers in order for them to improve safety and service standards to meet the diversified92 needs."
Industry insiders say with the demand of domestic air travel rising, China's airlines still have a lot of things to do to better explore the market.
Back anchor:
That is CRI's Xu Fei reporting.
The full survey is available online.
You can log onto english.china.com for all the details.
Sports
CBA: Shanxi players clashed with Qingdao fans
In basketball, starting with the CBA...
Shanxi has expressed regrets in its official microblog over a clash involving players and some fans of Qingdao.
The clash happened right after Qingdao closed the series against Shanxi in 3-0 sweep after winning their second home match 108-96 last night. Qingdao earned a spot in the semi-finals with that victory.
Later some fans of Qingdao began swearing at Shanxi players. Words were exchanged.
Many Qingdao fans even gathered around the Shanxi teams' vehicle, which made the Shanxi players cancel their press conference after the match due to security concerns.
In actions tonight, Guangdong is taking on Dongguan, which is game 4 in the best-of-five series.
NBA: LA Clippers thrash Houston Rockets 110-95
LA Clippers got the better of Houston 110-95.
Portland took out the LA Lakers 102-86.
Dallas downed Utah 87-82.
Indiana beat New Orleans 106-93.
Cleveland upset Miami 113-93.
Milwaukee bested Sacramento 111-103.
It was Golden State over Minnesota 94-91.
Oklahoma City took out Memphis 105-89.
Boston edged Atlanta 89-88.
San Antonio downed Detroit 104-87.
Toronto got the better of Washington 95-93.
And it was the Orlando Magic over the New York Knicks, 89-83.
Tiger Woods takes indefinite leave from PGA Tour
In golf,
Tiger Woods has announced he will take leave from the PGA Tour and only return when he thinks he is ready.
Woods made the announcement on his website yesterday after a run of poor performances, including shooting an 11-over-par 82 in the second round of the Phoenix94 Open. That round, in January, was the worst of his professional career.
In his statement, Woods said his play and scores are not acceptable for tournament golf and he needs a lot of work on his game.
Woods wanted to compete in The Honda Classic near his hometown in Florida in two weeks, but he added he won't be there unless the game is tournament-ready.
Woods has 14 major titles in his career.
2015 Cricket World Cup 'best placed' to prevent match fixing: ICC chief executive
International Cricket Council chief executive Dave Richardson has expressed his confidence that this year's Cricket World Cup following moves to prevent match fixing.
"I think the preparations that our anti-corruption unit have put in to this tournament far exceed previous tournaments. That's mainly due to the increase in the intelligence, they call it, the information that they have got at the finger tips. They have got a far better idea of who these people are that travel the world, trying to influence players, umpires, curators, whoever, to try and get some sort of benefit on the betting side. "
He also added that the security around teams and officials would make it very hard for them to be approached by fixers.
Over to football.
A late strike has snatched a 1-0 home win for Chelsea over a stubborn Everton side to maintain Chelsea's seven-point lead over Manchester City. Man City beat Stoke 4-1 in recent Premier League action.
City kept pace with the leaders as striker Sergio Aguero scored twice to help the champions to their first league win in five matches at mid-table Stoke, who briefly95 made it 1-1 through Peter Crouch96.
Manchester United beat Burnley 3-1.
West Bromwich Albion FC beat Swansea 2-0.
National footballer's proposal accepted
Team China national footballer Wu Xi has proposed to his girlfriend. She said yes.
26-year-old Wu made the announcement on his microblog this morning.
According to his friends, Wu has been preparing for the proposal for weeks in order to give his girlfriend a surprise.
Wu Xi is currently playing for Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty Football Club.
The team won the second place in 2014 Chinese FA Cup and was the champion in the 2013 Chinese FA Super Cup.
In tennis,
There's been an upset at the World Indoor Tennis Tournament as Bulgarian fifth seed Grigor Dimitrov has been knocked out by unseeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg during second round action in the Netherlands.
Dimitrov, who had to save two match points before beating unseeded qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round on Monday, started badly against Muller, dropping his opening two service games before losing the set 6-2 in just 24 minutes.
Media reports: Grigor Dimitrov to be engaged to Maria Sharapova
There are reports that top Russian tennis players Maria Sharapova and Gregor Dimitrov will get engaged on Valentine's Day, which falls on Saturday.
Their relationship came to light during the Madrid Masters in 2013.
Last year, Dimitrov admitted to the media that the two were living together.
Entertainment
Jiang Wen attends premiere of Gone With the Bullets at Berlin Film Festival
Director Jiang Wen attended the premiere of his film Gone with the Bullets yesterday at the Berlin Film Festival.
Jiang is a Berlin Film Festival Veteran and was excited to be back at the festival.
"It's been 20 years since I have been at the Berlin Film Festival. If we include this one it's the fourth time that I am involved in a film that is in the festival, either as director or as actor. The last time was 20 years ago and time before that was 1991 so it's been a while,"
Gone with the Bullets is screening in competition as part of the festival. The film has earned over 81 million dollars in China since its release last December. It's the follow up to the successful movie Let the Bullets Fly.
Jiang acts and directs in Gone With the Bullets.
The Berlin Film Festival runs until 14 February.
Chinese actress Zhou Xun is to produce her first movie
Chinese actress Zhou Xun is to produce her very first movie.
The actress now turned producer attended the press conference for the film A Journey, Through Time, With Anthony. She told the members of the press that it was the first time she was promoting a film as a producer and she finds it very nerve-wracking.
The movie is adapted from Ma Liang's bestselling novel and stars supermodel Liu Chang as the title role Anthony – a character based off the author who rose to fame in the fashion world at the 2012 London Fashion Week.
When asked why she did not choose her husband, Hollywood actor Archie Kao, to play the lead instead, Zhou stated that she would always keep her personal life and professional life separate.
Zhou Xun has won many awards for her acting99 including best actress for her role in Peter Chan's musical film Perhaps Love.
The Hobbit trilogy heading towards global box office figure of $3 billion
The Hobbit trilogy is heading towards a global box office figure of 3 billion dollars.
The three film adaptations of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit book have collectively reached a box office figure of almost three billion dollars worldwide.
The trilogy which cost around 765 million dollars to make has been successful despite mixed reviews from both fans and critics.
The first film took just over one billion dollars worldwide making it only the 15th film in history to exceed one billion dollars globally.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has performed well in China taking a total of 114 million dollars in just seventeen days however was bumped into second place at the Chinese box office last week by the new Running Man film.
Sony pictures seeking a younger Spider-Man
Sony Pictures are said to be seeking a much younger actor to replace Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man.
According to reports from Variety, Sony are considering Dylan O'Brien and Logan Lerman for the role.
Andrew Garfield who has played Spider-Man for two films is expected to leave the franchise100 following a new deal with Marvel101 Studios that will see a character appear in its upcoming movies.
The choice of who is to play Spider-Man needs to be made quickly as it's thought that the character could appear in Marvel's Captain America: Civil War which should be released next year.
Sony is continuing to develop its spin offs including a mystery female-led project.
Star Wars director considering an early release of new film
JJ Abrams is apparently102 considering releasing heavily anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens103 this summer.
According to site Movie Pilot, the director is losing patience with the constant stream of plot and image leaks from the set. He apparently believes that moving the release date forward will help stop the leaks from ruining the film before fans see it.
Abrams is reported to have made these comments at the 2015 Visual Effects Society Awards earlier this month where he picked up the VES Visionary Award.
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