新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2013/08/19

 The Beijing Hour

 
Evening Edition
 
 
Monday, August 19th, 2013.
Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
Coming up on our program this evening.
Authorities in northeastern China are increasing their emergency response in the wake of deadly flooding in Liaoning.
Rail services have partially resumed in Guangzhou, where heavy rains have forced the closure of some of the lines for safety reasons.
Kenya's President has arrived here in Beijing for a state visit.
In Business, the Chinese government has been scaling back its purchases of US debt.
In sports, Peng Shuai and her partner have won the womens' doubles title at the Cincinatti Masters.
In entertainment, Chinese director Feng Xiaogang has returned to Beijing to begin working on the next Spring Festival Gala.
 
 
Weather
 
 
Beijing will be cloudy tonight with a low of 23 degrees Celsius.　Tomorrow overcast with a high temperature of 30.　
Meanwhile Shanghai will have showers tonight, with a low of 28,　showers continue tomorrow, with a high of 34.
Lhasa will have be cloudy tonight, 11 degrees the low, cloudy tomorrow with a high of 23.
Elsewhere in the world, staying in Asia
Islamabad, sunny, with a high of 32.
Kabul, sunny, 32.
Over in Australia
Sydney, sunny, highs of 17.
Canberra, sunny, 10.
Brisbane, sunny, 21.
And finally, Perth will also be sunny with a high of 21.
 
 
Top News
 
 
Government upgrades emergency response for NE China floods
 
The Chinese government has upgraded its emergency response to try to cope with the flooding taking place in the northeast.
The National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has raised the emergency response in the wake of at least 54 people being killed in the flooding in Liaoning.
97 others are listed as missing.
Disaster relief teams are being dispatched to the region, where over 160-thousand people have been forced from their homes because of the flooding.
The flooding has taken down over 6-thousand buildings in Liaoning.
Direct economic losses are already estimated at some 8.5-billion yuan.
 
 
Guangzhou rail service reopen
 
Train service at the Guangzhou Railway Station, a major rail hub in south China, has resumed.
This, after the lines were shut down yesterday because heavy rains created instability along sections of the track.
While some of the trains running from Guangzhou to Shenzhen have been put back in service, some of the runs are still being suspended until later this week.
Heavy rains are still pounding parts of Guangdong, where flooding and landslides have forced some 200-thousand people from their homes.
 
 
Kenya president visits China
 
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is now in China for a 5-day visit.
His agenda is expected to include talks to try to further cooperation in infrastructure construction, manufacturing, technological innovation and tourism.
This is Kenyatta's first visit to China since taking office in April.
Kenyatta has also taken time to discuss the 8-lane Nairobi-Thika superhighway, which is the first superhighway in East Africa.
A Chinese firm has been contracted to build the road.
 
 
Chinese Construction of East African Highway
 
For more on the role of Chinese construction firms in this Nairobi-Thika super highway, CRI's Nathan Wakelin-King has more.
Many recently built roads, bridges, or buildings in Kenya have names based on the Chinese companies that constructed them – sometimes these names are official, sometimes they are not.
The Thika superhighway was completed by Chinese state-owned construction firm Wu Yi in 2012. The Thika highway links Nairobi to the city of Thika, and is East Africa's first superhighway. It is part of the highway network that connects Capetown to Cairo.
Mr. J M Matu, chairman of APEC Consulting Engineers in Kenya, supervised the work of Wu Yi during the construction of the highway. He explained the significance of the project.
"This road is of paramount importance to Kenyans, it is one of the roads which leads to a highly cultivated agricultural area within the Mt. Kenya region, and beyond, there is the area between Meru and a place called Moyaleh, where there is a lot of cattle to be sold, and it is important that cattle is brought to Nairobi for meat, and also for export."
The expansion of the highway will greatly improve the efficiency of transport in the area, facilitating regional trade and economic development.
"It was initiated because it used to take about 3 hours to travel for a distance of only 50 kilometres. Now it only takes 30 minutes."
The project itself encountered technical challenges in preparing the ground for the highway. Old underground cables and pipes, as well as overhead electric cables, had to be removed for the development of the highway.
The size of the project brought other challenges to Wu Yi.
"The project itself involved the expansion of the road, that is, widening it. Before, it was two lanes on one side, and two lanes on the other; it is now being expanded to a total of twelve lanes, so more space was needed to work in- this affected the surrounding built-up area, meaning landowners had to agree to be compensated, and allow the road to be constructed."
Mr Matu says that Chinese construction companies have facilitated the timely completion of infrastructure projects in a region that is often beset by projects that are incomplete, or lag behind schedule in their construction.
In total, the project cost 360 million US dollars. This investment was in part provided by the African Development Fund, China Exim Bank, and the Kenyan government.
Wu Yi currently has 18 projects in Kenya.
The African Development Bank, as well as the government of Kenya, have argued that although car emissions are harmful to the environment, the construction of the highway is making a net-positive impact on the environment as previously, idling vehicles stuck in traffic jams burnt unnecessarily high amounts of fuel.
For CRI, I am Nathan Wakelin-King.
 
 
Q&A Situation in Egypt
 
At least 25 police officers have been killed in an ambush in Egypt's Sinai region.
The officers were attacked by a group of Islamist fighters near the border with Gaza.
The officers were forced off their buses by unknown militants, who then systematically began spraying them with machine gun fire.
Only 3 of the newly-recruited officers have survived.
The motivation behind the attack and who is responsible isn't clear.
The killing of the police officers is the latest in a string of violent incidents, which have been gripping Egypt since last week's crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators.
The military-installed interim government has arrested over 600 people following a clash at a mosque on Saturday which left 79 people dead.
A month-long state of emergency remains in place in Egypt.
More than 830 people, including 70 police and soldiers, have been killed since last Wednesday, when the army moved in to clear the protest camps in support of Morsi.
For more on the situation in Egypt, we spoke earlier Hatem El-Deeb, a mechanical engineer who lives in Cairo.
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back anchor: Hatem El Deeb, a mechanical engineer in Cairo.
 
 
35 people killed in rail mishap in India
 
More than 35 people are dead and 40 others hurt after a speeding train hit and killed them in eastern India.
The dead bodies have been badly mangled, making the headcount of the dead difficult.
Arunendra Kumar, chair of India's Railway Board, says it's believed many of the victims are Hindu pilgrims.
"This is a super-fast train, which was given precedence and it is a wayside station in Dhamara Ghat with the result that passengers had come out because the train was passing and they knew that these two trains will remain at this station for quite some time. At this time when they came out on the non-platform side, they got run over by this run-through train and this happened around 9 to 10 in the morning."
After the accident, a violent mob reportedly assaulted the train's driver, set coaches on fire and held railway staff hostage.
Many of the victims are people who live in nearby slums and use the tracks as open toilets.
Around 40 are killed every day on India's vast but decrepit railway network.
 
 
Death toll of Philippino ferry collision rises to 52
 
The death toll in the collision of a passenger ferry and a cargo vessel in central Philippine has risen to 52.
The Philippine Coast Guard says 68 others remain missing.
Unfavorable weather conditions are said to be hampering search and rescue operations.
Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the accident.
Roy Deveraturda is with the central command general with the Philippine's armed forces.
"They will try to penetrate the inside of the vessel, and they are just taking precautions because this is a very dangerous operation. You must remember that a lot of debris and other broken materials are still inside the ship, as a result of the collision and sinking of the vessel."
The sinking of the cargo has also caused an oil spill.
Since the collision last Friday, the spill has reached nearby coastal villages, affecting the livelihood of the villagers who depend on fishing.
 
 
Gulf cartel drug lord caught In Mexico
 
Mexican security forces have caught an alleged top boss of the cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel.
Mario Ramirez Trevino, known as X-20 or The Baldy, has been arrested in the country's north.
Edward Sanchez is a spokesperson for Mexico's security forces.
"Yesterday our forces captured Mario Ramirez Trevino in the state of Tamaulipas. Ramirez Trevino is an A-list criminal who was wanted on charges include drug trafficking, kidnapping and many others."
The US State Department had been offering a 5-million US dollar reward for his capture.
He is wanted by the US in connection with several federal drug violations.
Ramirez Trevino's capture marks the second major arrest of an alleged gang boss in just over a month.
 
 
Mobile Payment On the Rise
 
Anchor:
With the growing popularity of QR codes here in China, more and more people in this country are turning to making purchases via their mobile phones.
CRI's Liu Min explains.
Reporter:
Vending machines are by no means regarded as new items, but instead of injecting coins, you can pay for the products you want by scanning the QR code shown on the screen of the machine. Manager Li Shu from a company producing the vending machine which supports QR Code scanning says they are going to launch the vending machine into the market pretty soon.
"You can see a 2D barcode on the digital screen after you press the button to choose the product you want. You just need to scan the QR code using your mobile phone, and pay for the product. The bottle of drink will drop out immediately."
In today's internet driven financial market, mobile payment has become a popular method for carrying out transactions. Recently, the Central Bank of China released the 2013 second quarter report on payment or transaction systems in China. The number of transactions related to payment in the second quarter for this year exceeded 370 million, which worth 207 billion yuan in total; more than 3.6 times the amount from the same period last year. Many insiders say mobile payment will probably become a major payment method as people's spending habits continue to change. Considering the rapid growth of the market, the Central Bank of China's actions echo this sentiment as they plan to issue a new batch of internet payment licenses. Vice President Liu Shiyu is from the People's Bank of China.
"The government has issued 97 licenses to the internet payment companies. There are about 100 companies doing this business in China. There may be another batch of licenses released soon."
The fast development of mobile finance has put pressure upon the traditional financial industry, forcing banks to come up with their own mobile applications to cope with the trend. Director Shan Ren from China E-Commerce Association says many banks have joined the fierce competition of the mobile payment market.
"In recent years, many commercial banks, the big four together with private banks like China Minsheng bank and China Merchants Bank, have already taken a number of actions. They are competing for customers who are also their depositors. The overall scale of such business has exceeded one trillion yuan."
As mobile payment becomes a more common way of spending money, the dream of going out shopping armed with nothing but a mobile phone will soon become reality.
For CRI, I'm Liu Min.
 
 
Biz Reports
 
 
Asian Stock
 
Most Asian markets wavered today in choppy trading due to pending decisions by the US Federal Reserve's policy board.
Mainland shares ended mostly higher after a string of recent losses.
The Shanghai Composite increased 0.8 percent.
The Shenzhen Component gained 1.4 percent.
But Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.2 percent.
Elsewhere,
Tokyo stocks rebounded with the Nikkei 225 gaining nearly 0.8 percent.
In South Korea, market sentiment remained weighed down by worries about the earlier-than-expected tapering of the U.S. Federal Reserve's bond purchase program.
Market bellwether Samsung Electronics dipped 0.7 percent, and top automaker Hyundai Motor declined 0.8 percent.
The benchmark KOSPI slid just over 0.1-percent.
In Singapore, the Straits Times Index declined 0.8-percent.
The market in Sydney were dragged down by losses at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and telecommunications major Telstra.
The Australian ASX 200 ended fractionally lower.
 
 
China Everbright Sec slapped with restrictions after trading fluke
 
Friday's trading glitch at Everbright Securities here in China has prompted the China Financial Futures Exchange to impose restrictions on the company's ability to establish fresh stock index futures through tomorrow.
At the same time, the China Securities Regulatory Commission says its launching a formal investigation into the case.
In addition, Everbright has been banned by the Shanghai securities authorities for conducting proprietary stocks trades on the spot market for three months.
Everbright has also gone on record vowing that any profits yielded from the massive index shorting on Friday will be dealt with legally.
On Friday, Everbright Securities placed buy orders worth some 23-billion yuan due to an alleged system error.
This saw the Shanghai Stock Exchange increase by well over 5-percent in intra-day trading before giving up all the gains.
 
 
China Resources Land buys site in Qianhai for 10.9b yuan
 
China Resources Land, the flagship property company of state-owned China Resources, has secured the last and the biggest plot of land in Qianhai during the first batch of land sales in the developing free trade zone.
The 10.9 billion yuan pricetag makes it the most costly land in Shenzhen.
The prices is over 60-percent above the original asking price.
Wang Yongsheng is the sales director for a residential project near Qianhai.
"I think at the moment the property price of Qianhai is a bit overheated, its concept is a bit overdrawn in advance. It's the same with how in the previous years in the property field, people speculate whenever subways are built, it is rather apparent now that the Qianhai concept is a bit overdrawn in advance."
Focusing on finance, logistics and IT services, authorities are hoping to turn Qianhai into an offshore yuan trading, insurance and trade hub.
The latest auction comes more than a year after Beijing unveiled its plans for Qianhai.
Chan Yan-Chong is a professor at the Department of Management Sciences at City University in Hong Kong.
"Why the Central Government take such a long time? Because they are very cautious. They have to balance so many different requests from other cities. Because, for example, why Qianhai? Why not Shanghai?"
The Qianhai special economic zone has already attracted more than 11 hundred firms as of mid July.
Total registered capital is now around 140 billion yuan.
 
 
China trims US Treasury holdings in June
 
Anchor:
New data shows China has reduced its holdings of US Treasuries in June.
Figures from the U.S Treasury Department shows China has reduced its holdings 1.7 percent to 1.28 trillion US dollars.
Meanwhile, Japan, the second-largest buyer of US debt, has also cut its holdings by 1.8 percent to 1.8 trillion-dollars.
Overall, total foreign holdings of US Treasuries have dropped for the third straight month.
For more on this, CRI's Rebecca Hume spoke with Mike Bastian, Visiting Professor at China's University of International Business and Economics.
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Mike Bastin, Visiting Professor at China's University of International Business and Economics, speaking with CRI's Rebecca Hume.
 
 
China's coal output, sales decline
 
China's coal output and sales both declined in the first seven months of 2013, statistics from the China National Coal Association (CNCA) showed on Monday.
 
The country's coal output in the Jan.-July period stood at 2.13 billion tonnes, down 3.5 percent from the same period last year, while sales decreased 3.9 percent to 2.07 billion tonnes.
 
Meanwhile, fixed asset investment in the coal mining industry declined 1.6 percent to under 260 billion yuan.
 
In the first seven months, China imported a total of 187 million tonnes of coal, up 14.1 percent while exports declined 22 percent to 4.9 million tones.
 
 
Japan trade deficit worsens on back of weak yen
 
New stats are showing the trade deficit in Japan has continued to expand through July.
The Ministry of Finance of Japan is reporting the trade deficit for the month has come in at 10.5 billion US dollars.
A strong surge in imports backed by the country's weak yen is being cited as the main reason.
Imports in Japan are up nearly 20-percent on an annualized basis in July.
Exports from Japan have increased 12.2-percent from a year earlier.
This is the fastest growth in Japanese exports in some 2.5-years.
Shipments to China are up 9.5 percent year on year.
Japanese exports to the US are up by 18.5 percent.
 
 
Obama to meet with financial regulators on Wall Street reform law
 
US President Barack Obama is set to sit down with the country's financial regulators to discuss the implementation of Wall Street reform law.
Known as the Dodd-Frank bill, it was passed by the US congress in 2010.
The bill is designed to prevent 'too-big-to-fail' financial institutions from tearing down the markets.
While the bill has been around since 2010, much of the rules in it haven't been implemented.
Obama is expected to meet with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Federal Reserve, among other institutions.
The Dodd-Frank law requires new rules for over the counter derivatives, for banks to hold more capital reserves and to establish a new federal agency to lay out reforms to financial firms such as hedge funds and equity funds.
 
 
British economic growth forecast upgraded: CBI
 
A British leading business group has raised the economic growth forecast for 2013 to 1.2 percent from 1.0 percent it made in May.
 
The forecast upgrading by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on Monday is based on a better than expected second quarter and signs of a pick-up in confidence across a broad range of sectors, including services, construction and manufacturing.
 
 
Singapore Changi Airport to Build 5th Terminal By 2020s-Prime Minister
 
Authorities in Singapore are planning to construct another new terminal at the Changi Airport.
The announcement has been made at a National Day Rally by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
The new terminal is expected to complete by 2020.
It will be the 5th terminal at Changi Airport.
When finished, the new terminal should be able to double the air-passenger volume in and out of Singapore.
The 4th terminal currently under construction is expected to allow for passenger capacity to go from 66 million to 82 million.
 
 
Headline News
 
 
Guangzhou rail service reopen
 
Train service at the Guangzhou Railway Station, a major rail hub in south China, has resumed.
This, after the lines were shut down yesterday because heavy rains created instability along sections of the track.
While some of the trains running from Guangzhou to Shenzhen have been put back in service, some of the runs are still being suspended until later this week.
Heavy rains are still pounding parts of Guangdong, where flooding and landslides have forced some 200-thousand people from their homes.
 
 
Government upgrades emergency response for NE China floods
 
The Chinese government has upgraded its emergency response to try to cope with the flooding taking place in the northeast.
The National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has raised the emergency response in the wake of at least 54 people being killed in the flooding in Liaoning.
97 others are listed as missing.
Disaster relief teams are being dispatched to the region, where over 160-thousand people have been forced from their homes because of the flooding.
The flooding has taken down over 6-thousand buildings in Liaoning.
Direct economic losses are already estimated at some 8.5-billion yuan.
 
 
China expects nationwide broadband by 2020
 
The State Council has rolled out a new plan to complete broadband coverage in both urban and rural areas by 2020.
The Chinese cabinet has elevated broadband development to a national strategy.
The strategy is designed to achieve WiFi coverage in key public urban areas by the end of this year.
The plan is then to have fixed broadband coverage for half of all Chinese households by 2015.
A policy supporting information products and services was released last week.
 
 
25 Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai attack
 
25 young police officers have been killed in Egypt's troubled northern Sinai region.
It's being reported the officers were attacked by a group of Islamist fighters near the border with Gaza.
The trainees were on their way home when their bus was forced to stop.
The militants then forced the men off the bus, then systematically opened fire on them.
Only 3 have survived.
The motivation behind the attack and who is responsible isn't clear.
Egypt's northern Sinai region has been the scene of an increasing number of attacks on security personnel.
The region is a haven for smuggling goods from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.
 
 
Death toll in ship collision off C. Philippines rises to 52
 
The death toll from Friday's passenger ferry collision in the central Philippines has risen to 52.
68 others remain missing, after the ferry collided with a cargo ship in the waters off the province of Cebu.
750 others onboard the ferry survived.
Investigations into the cause of the crash are underway.
Search and rescue efforts are being hampered by unfavorable weather conditions.
 
 
Newspaper Picks
 
 
China Daily
"Baby formula sales to be shifted to pharmacies"
Authorities are to require that all baby formula on the Chinese mainland be sold in pharmacies or in shops that are qualified to sell medicines.
The move is aimed at improving consumer confidence in formula products while weeding out fake brands.
The China Association of International Trade under the Ministry of Commerce announced that domestic and foreign baby formula will be sold in 20 pharmacies in Beijing and Jiangsu province as of October, in a pilot program that will be extended to 20,000 pharmacies in 500 cities by 2015.
Some experts said the move reflects Premier Li Keqiang's announcement in late May that baby formula would be subject to the same strict supervision standards as medicines and that fake products would be removed from the market.
However, some experts say changing sales channels will do little to improve safety standards or allay consumer fears in the wake of the Fonterra milk powder scandal.
China Daily
"Space trip to be offered in China for $220,000"
An hour-long experience, guaranteed to be out of this world, will be on offer for 1.35 million yuan in 2015.
A space flight, operated by an astronavigation company from the Netherlands, will be on offer through a travel agency based in Jiangsu province.
The Dutch company is cooperating with a travel agency in the province and plans to offer space flights in September for 2015.
The flights will be limited to one passenger who will sit beside the pilot at take-off.
All successful applicants must undergo a physical exam and pass a training course.
The Telegraph
"One in four dogs 'suffering depression'"
A new study has found a quarter of Britain's dogs are suffering from depression because of the stress of being left alone while their owners are at work.
Animals whose owners work particularly long hours or have just returned to work display particularly visible signs of distress – including pacing, spinning on the spot, howling, defecating and even self-harming.
A spokesman for Home Alone Dogs said for some dogs the consequences can be shocking.
Dr John Bradshaw explained if dogs are trained to interact with humans, they can then find it difficult when they don't have that interaction during the working day.
He explained dogs have a very powerful link to humans. You can train a dog to do all sorts of things and understand our gestures.
Britons are thought to have almost eight million pet dogs. Those owners whose dogs are suffering from depression are encouraged to slowly build up the amount of time they spend away from them.
AFP
"Australian doctors bring woman back from the dead"
An Australian woman has lived to tell the tale after being brought back to life from being clinically dead for 42 minutes.
The 41-year-old woman was rushed to Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne last week after a major heart attack, with one of her main arteries fully blocked.
She went into cardiac arrest and was declared clinically dead soon after arrival.
Doctors refused to give up and used a compression device called a Lucas 2 -- the only one of its kind in Australia -- to keep blood flowing to her brain while cardiologist Wally Ahmar opened an artery to unblock it.
Once unblocked, the woman's heart was shocked back into a normal rhythm.
The Lucas device physically compresses the chest, like during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), allowing doctors to work non-stop to put a stent into a blocked artery.
Clinical death is a medical term for when someone stops breathing and their blood stops circulating.
 
 
Special Reports
 
 
Buying intern performance report on Taobao
 
Anchor:
With university students here in China set to return to classes in the not-too-distant future, a number of them are going online to try to obtain a certified internship performance report.
CRI's Li Dong explains.
Reporter: Xiao Zhao is a junior student in a university in Shanghai. She bought an internship performance report from Taobao.com, China's biggest online retail website.
"I spent the whole summer holiday traveling and playing. But our school requires us to submit an internship performance report. I really didn't have time to do it. So I bought one on Taobao. It cost me about 30 yuan."
The report Xiao Zhao bought has a company seal on it. The name of the company can be found on the Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce website, which means it's a real one.
The best part is that this is a blank report bearing the company's seal. Students can write whatever they like on it.
Several hundred results may pop up if you search "social practice" or "internship report" on Taobao. Some of the sellers' other services include writing graduation papers.
One seller says that students only need to send them the blank internship performance report, and leave the rest to them.
"This report is real. The seal is our company's seal. It takes at least 2 to 3 days and at most 10 days for us the finish the report."
Some students say that the internship experience is an important part of their school life, which cannot be substituted by a cheap counterfeit report.
"This kind of act of buying an internship performance evaluation report is totally deceptive. Only by actually carrying out an internship, can you actually gain some valuable social experience."
Some teachers say that besides the report, they will also check the achievements the students attain during the internship. Students who cheat by buying internship performances will be punished and the act will be regarded as plagiarism.
For CRI, I am Li Dong.
 
 
Sports
 
 
Nadal beats Isner 7-6 7-6 to win Cincinnati title
 
Rafael Nadal has taken his second tournament in as many weeks.
Nadal fought hard to down hard-serving American John Isner at the Cincinatti Masters 7-6, 7-6.
The 27-year-old Spaniard won in Montreal, making the win in Cincinatti the first time Nadal has won back-to-back on a hardcourt surface.
"I just tried my best during all the match and trying to be focused and to be patient waiting for my moment. The moment arrived in the tie-breaks. Tie-breaks are tough to play against a player like John. His serve and his forehand are very, very tough to return but I was there and I think I am playing with confidence and I am playing at the right level to compete well."
The win is Nadal's fifth Masters title of the season, a career best.
Nadal now is tied with Novak Djokovic for most Masters titles in a season since 1990.
On the women's side, it was Victoria Azarenka holding on to defeat top-seeded Serena Williams 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
The win is Azarenka's 17th title of her career.
And in the Women's doubles compeition, it was Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei from Taiwan taking the title in Cincinatti after downing a pair from Germany and the Czech Republic in the finals in 3-sets.
 
 
Patrick Reed wins the Wyndham Championship following playoff
 
American Patrick Reed has earned his first-ever PGA tour victory.
Reed recovered from a poor tee shot on the 2nd playoff hole with Jordan Spieth, knocking his 2nd shot on the par-4 10th to birdie and take home hte Wyndam Championship.
"It's hard. We've worked so hard. I can't be more happy to have someone like this beside me at all times. And just the support system we've had, from her mother-in-law, I know she missed her flight to come see us at Barclay's to watch. To Callaway, for all they have done for us. We switched mid-year. Everyone said that wouldn't be a good decision, but Callaway stuck with it, and so did we. This one is for them, for sure, and for my wife."
With the win, Reed becomes the 12th first-time winner on the PGA tour this year.
 
 
Team Europe record historic victory over United States
 
Team Europe has taken this year's Solheim Cup golf tournament in Colorado.
This is the first time a European team has beaten the US team on American soil.
Europe Captain Liselotte Neumann.
"Obviously just an amazing feeling to be sitting here as the captain of this winning team and I'm just super excited, proud, happy, all the emotions that you can have and they all just played so great this week. We just came together as a great team and Annika (Sorenstam) and Carin (Koch) here, I think we did a great job with some of the pairings and it was really just a total team effort and I think we're all just extremely proud and happy right now."
The European squad, which includes a number of rookies, downed the American squad 18-10 in the women's golf version of the Ryder Cup.
 
 
Chelsea 2 Hull City 0
 
Jose Mourinho has enjoyed a trouble-free Chelsea return, while Tottenham has successfully negotiated its Premier League opener amid the Gareth Bale transfer uncertainty.
Chelsea ripped apart Hull inside 25 minutes at Stamford Bridge, with the early goals from Oscar and Frank Lampard securing a 2-0 victory.
Meanwhile, it was Roberto Soldado scoring a penalty for Tottenham to clinch a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace.
Tottenham was without star attacker Gareth Bale, who is injured -- and being pursued by Real Madrid.
Sunday's results have completed a miserable weekend for the league newcomers, with Cardiff also failing to score in a 2-0 loss at West Ham on Saturday.
Tonight its Man City at home to New Castle.
 
 
Juventus crush Lazio 4-0 in Italian Supercup
 
In football, it was Juventus routing Lazio 4-nil in the Italian Supercup.
Paul Pogba coming off the bench in the 23rd minute to score the first goal and eventual winner.
Giorgio Chiellini, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Carlos Tevez all scored in the 2nd half to dash any hope Lazio had at a comeback.
The goal by Tevez is his first for Juventus since joining from Manchester City.
 
 
Colts down Giants in NFL pre-season action
 
in NFL, Andrew Luck threw for 107 yards and two touchdowns helping lead the Indinapolas Colts over the New York Giants 20-12.
The Colts rebounded after a dismal performance in their 44-20 loss to Buffalo last week.
The Giants saw both wide reciever Victor Cruz and starting center David Baas leave the game with injuries.
It's unclear if either of those two will be back in action this week.
 
 
Beijing Organisers speak about 2015 World Championships
 
This year's World Athletics Championships have wrapped up in Moscow.
On the closing ceremony, the flag of the event has been handed to the organizers of the 2015 World Athletics Championships, which are due to be held here in Beijing.
Organizers of the 2015 IAAF have held a news conference in Moscow, saying the prep work for the event is progressing smoothly.
The IAAF World Athletics Championship are due to take place at the Bird's Nest.
Li Yingchuan is the Director General of the Beijing Sports Administration.
"We are now planning to give some free tickets to our children in China so that they can come to the 'Bird's Nest' to watch the highest level of track and field competitions. The plan is being made now."
While attendance was a problem this year in Russia, Li Yingchuan says it won't be an issue in Beijing.
The Beijing organizers say they're hoping for around 50-thousand people a day at the event.
 
 
Oscar Pistorius in court to face charges of killing Reeva Steenkamp
 
Double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius has arrived at court in Pretoria to face charges related to the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Prosecutors are moving to formally charge Pistorius for the death of Steenkamp on Valentine's Day.
Prosecutors allege Pistorius killed Steenkamp after an argument.
Pistorius claims he mistakenly shot her, believing she was an intruder in his home.
He's expected to go on trial early next year.
Pistorius faces a minimum of 25 years in prison if convicted of premeditated murder.
 
 
Entertainment
 
 
Feng Xiaogang presides over meeting with partners, for Spring Festival Gala
 
Feng Xiaogang, one of Chinese most celebrated movie directors, is taking pains for the new thrive of Spring Festival Gala after his just return from overseas.
The chief director of the Gala holds a brief meeting this morning in Beijing with another two cast members, Zhao Benshan, the vice director, and Zhang Guoli, the artistic consultant.
Feng has reportedly contacted other household names in the past one month, such as Guo Donglin and Feng Gong.
The upcoming Chinese Spring Festival Gala is expected to bring a fresh air to audiences since Feng, the movie director, was named chief director last month.
 
 
The "Bulter" reports good box office, claiming top place in North American film Market
 
The North American box office over the weekend was dominated by "The Butler", a biopic featuring what was happening at the White House throughout eight U.S. presidencies, enabling itself to outperform three other new wide releases.
Lee Daniels' "The Butler", a Weinstein Company release starring Forest Whitaker as an African-American White House butler and Oprah Winfrey as his wife netted from its debut less than the anticipated 30 million U.S. dollars for opening, but it was good enough to eclipse other new releases and a bunch of holdovers.
The drama, based on the real-life account of Eugene Allen, focuses on the butler who eyewitnessed notable events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure. The pre-screen wrangle over the title and especially Oprah Winfrey's star power have helped the flick to win over critics and audience.
It earned a 73 percent approval rating on critic reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a coveted "A" Cinema Score from first night moviegoers.
 
 
Bosnian director highlights importance of non-professional actors
 
Danis Tanovic, president of the Jury Committee for Sarajevo Film Festival, said that non-professional actors sometime can play a more efficient role in movies.
Tanovic said non-professional actors may look not so natural in front of cameras as professionals, but they give people a sense of real life. When he directed "No man's land" over 10 years ago, Tanovic just came to the streets to find some actors for the movie.
"No man's land", a movie about the war in the Balkan region in 1990s, won the Oscar For Best Foreign Language film.
 
 
South Korean popular boy band Infinite having a world tour
 
Popular South Korean boy band Infinite arrived at Hong Kong for their concert yesterday, welcomed by a sea of shout cries from heady fans.
The seven-member group opened their world tour in Seoul on August 9, with Hong Kong being their first stop outside of Korea.
The band likened their first world tour, "One Great Step," to astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon.
"This is the first time we're doing a world tour. So the terms 'first' and 'fresh start' are important. The title of our world tour is 'One Great Step.' In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, and we heard that the first step was called 'one single step.' It held strong meaning for us and we came up with 'one great step.
Armstrong's famous words were "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
The group will next travel to other Asian countries, including Indonesia and Japan, before touring the United States, South America and Europe. China's Shanghai and Beijing will also welcome the band in October.
The band, whose members are all in their early 20s, are particularly popular amongst young teenage girls. They made their commercial breakthrough in 2011 with the song "Before The Dawn." Since then, they have garnered much success, with their latest album "New Challenge" sweeping up seven music awards during their promotion period.
 
'TWILIGHT' AUTHOR STEPHENIE MEYER LOOKS FOR NEW AUDIENCE AS FILM PRODUCER
 
When Stephenie Meyer's name is mentioned, most people think of her "Twilight Saga" vampire books and films. But the author is now after a new audience as a film producer.
Meyer produced "Austenland," starring Keri Russell and based on the novel by Meyer's friend Shannon Hale. The film, directed by Jerusha Hess, opens in U.S. last Friday.
Although Meyer was a producer for "The Twilight Saga-Breaking Dawn" films and the movie adaptation of her novel "The Host," this is the first time she's produced someone else's work.
"I do like producing. It's very different from writing. Writing is a very solitary thing you do in a quiet room without anybody else around and producing something you do in a room full of people shouting all the time. So there's a lot more collaboration, there's a lot more socialization. It's just a different kind of creative outlet and so I enjoy that. It doesn't replace writing, it's just kind of a different thing altogether."
"Austenland" is a romantic comedy about a single 30-something woman obsessed with Jane Austen novels who spends her life savings to visit a British Jane Austen theme park.
 
 
Singer Ella Chen to join 'The Voice of China'
Singer Ella Chen will join Chinese reality talent show "The Voice of China", playing the role of a councilor.
The member of the Taiwan girl group S.H.E will offer advice to participants of the reality show to improve their singing.