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Qiu Xiaohua was appointed director of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), replacing Li Deshui.
China's most respected director Zhang Yimou has praised the talents of Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou, who is starring in Zhang's new film, which translates as "Wearing Golden Armor Across the City".
A former head of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp has been sentenced to a prison term of more than four years for his role in a scandal that drove China's biggest jet-fuel trader to the brink of bankruptcy.
The February Girl has risen to cyber stardom overnight at popular Tianya online community. She is famous for sensational words, and the most important, cleavage-revealing photoes.
She speaks English with a funky Beijing accent. The beaded black and gray Armani outfit she wore to the Oscars was frumpy. She squats on the floor like a vulgar Chinese farmer when she goes shopping.
The comeback dream of China's star diver Tian Liang dimmed as China's leading swimming officials said the recent "pardon moves" which happened in tennis and basketball, will not be seen in diving national team.
NBA star Yao Ming topped Forbes magazine's annual mainland Chinese celebrity rankings for the second consecutive year, but "Memoirs of a Geisha" star Zhang Ziyi dropped a spot to No. 3.
Song Xiuyan, governor of Northwest China's Qinghai Province, said she feels quite at ease. "I have never felt any difficulty in performing my duty," she told China Daily. "Most of my colleagues are male but all of them support me.
Ang Lee is the pride of Chinese people all over the world, and he is the glory of Chinese cinematic talent.
The ongoing CPPCC discussions have produced an interesting sideline.
Ang Lee won the Academy Award as best director Sunday for the cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain," becoming the first Asian to win Hollywood's top honor for filmmakers.
He failed his college entrance exam, then emigrated to the United States and spent years as a house-husband, but filmmaker Ang Lee will be hailed a hero in Taiwan if he wins Oscar gold at Sunday's 78th Annual Academy Awards.
