Today’s news from state-owned news agency and lads magazine Xinhua:
Xinhua in Chinese:
– China has 791,000 drug addicts, 70% of whom are youths (under 35) (Link)
– China will pursue renminbi exachange rate reform with responsible attitude and methods (Link)
Xinhua in English:
– Beijing unveils new Olympic slogan — and the slogan is… “One World, One Dream” (Link)
– Nevada hopes to attract more Chinese tourists — in which the real reason Chinese like to go to Nevada is not mentioned, except in this sentence: ‘Besides gambling, Nevada also boasted to be a conference place’. Uh yeah. (Link)
– China pursues gradual reform of RMB rate — in which Wen Jiabao says that China will revalue the yuan, but at a time and place of its own choosing, as George W. Bush might put it. (Link)
Skinhua:
– Maggie Q stars with Tom Cruise in “Mission Impossible” — pictured (Link)