Province offers bouquet of five green tea belts

Guizhou has developed into an important production area for high quality green tea, as it is one of China's most suitable regions for cultivation of the plant. The growth of the tea plant requires a warm and damp climate, with temperature, rainfall, sunshine hours and earth conditions affecting the growth of tea and determining its quality.

International fair offers fragrant best

Guizhou represents the largest provincial delegation at the 4th China International Tea Industry Fair, which began in Beijing on Sunday. It is the sole province that has helped bring together participants from across the province for the fair.

Guizhou: Brewing a perfect beverage

Guizhou in Southwest China is determined to cultivate its tea sector into a pillar industry by accelerating the development of the tea gardens, said Wang Fuyu, deputy secretary of the provincial committee of the Communist Party of China.

Sports

Hamilton plans tribute to Senna

LONDON: Championship leader Lewis Hamilton intends to visit the grave of his boyhood hero Ayrton Senna once Formula One's three-way title battle has been played out in Brazil.

Landis takes doping case to arbibration

WASHINGTON: Disgraced US rider Floyd Landis said on Wednesday he was appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the doping case which has landed him a two-year ban and cost him the 2006 Tour de France title.

France and England unchanged

PARIS: France and England have asked the men who performed heroics in the World Cup quarterfinals to do the same in their semifinal meeting on Saturday (1900 GMT), both naming unchanged teams and replacements on Wednesday.

Hiddink to remain Russia's coach through 2010

MOSCOW: Guus Hiddink will extend his contract as Russia's manager through 2010, the Dutchman said on Wednesday, ending media speculation he could leave to coach elsewhere in the near future.

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Vick owes Falcons $20m says arbitrator

ATLANTA, Georgia: Suspended quarterback Michael Vick owes $20 million in bonuses to the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, arbitrator Steven Burbank ruled on Tuesday.

FIFA approves trial of goalmouth refs

ZURICH: Soccer's world governing body FIFA will experiment with two additional goalmouth referees at the Club World Cup competition in Japan in December.

ATP to probe Murray corruption claims

LONDON: The governing body of men's tennis (ATP) is to investigate British No 1 Andy Murray's claims that corruption is rife in tennis.