Sports/Olympics / Flash
China's Yao Ming (L) looks at a referee during the first round match against Puerto Rico at the World Basketball Championships in Sapporo, northern Japan August 22, 2006. [Reuters]
· China's banks in sound shape; bad loans drop
· Draft law backs right to private property
· Drive to oust Chen reaches 1m backers
· All 170 killed in Russian plane crash
· Yuan hits high after interest rate hike
