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• Spy agencies unveil secrets in trade in NYC
• $36.9mln: Miro's painting breaks record at Sotheby�¯s auction house
• People across China prepare to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival
• Int'l top chefs compete at Olympic Park
• Mentally-challenged artists show off talent
• Shanghai Int'l Film Festival: African movies under spotlight for first time
• Coffee aroma in Ethiopia
• Feast of fun for feline lovers: Aussie cat show
• The cost of living-Media Watch June 19 --BONTV
• Secondhand Car Prices Decrease - Price Watch June 19 - BONTV
• Shenzhou-9 mission - China Take June 19 - BONTV
• Experts dismisses doomsday theories of world's demise
• Alice Mak: Creator of cartoon McDull
• Chinese elements cause fever at Shanghai International Film Festival

Spy agencies unveil secrets in trade in NYC Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:41 PM PDT Secrets from some of the world?s most covert agencies are putting their tricks on display for a new exhibit called "SPY: The Secret World of Espionage," in New York City.

$36.9mln: Miro's painting breaks record at Sotheby�¯s auction house Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:40 PM PDT At Sotheby?s auction house in London, Joan Miro?s painting "Peinture", was sold to an anonymous buyer on Tuesday, for a whopping 36.9 million US dollars.

People across China prepare to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:24 PM PDT The Chinese traditional holiday Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner. People all over the country are preparing for the celebration in different ways. People across China are getting ready for the upcoming festivities.

Int'l top chefs compete at Olympic Park Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:21 PM PDT Top chefs from 32 countries are vying for the top prize in the Chinese capital. Natural ingredients are a main focus at this year?s first Beijing Olympic Park Culinary Competition. Stanley Lee got a taste first hand.

Mentally-challenged artists show off talent Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:18 PM PDT Twenty people with mental disabilities are showing off their artistic talent at an art exhibition at Shanghai?s Xuhui Art Gallery. WABC, an NGO organizing the event, provides arts training for people with mental challenges.

Shanghai Int'l Film Festival: African movies under spotlight for first time Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:13 PM PDT At the Shanghai International Film Festival, for the very first time, movies from Africa are a part of this year?s Shanghai International Film Festival, and tickets to one of the five African entries reportedly sold out quickly.

Coffee aroma in Ethiopia Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:22 PM PDT

Feast of fun for feline lovers: Aussie cat show Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:41 AM PDT The 40th Australian Cat Federation National Championships are underway in Melbourne and it's a pursuit of purr-fection. Hundreds of cat-lovers and their furry feline friends are hoping to win the coveted award of "top cat".

The cost of living-Media Watch June 19 --BONTV Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:20 AM PDT The cost of living-Media Watch June 19 --BONTV Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode The cost of living in second-tier cities in China increased sharply last year, according to Mercer, a multinational HR and financial consulting company, whose survey showed expatriates in the country now need to spend more to maintain their standard of living and that companies are also facing increasing labor costs. Cities such as Qingdao, Tianjin, Shenyang, Nanjing and Chengdu entered the world's top 100 most expensive cities on Mercer's ranking this year. The survey charted 241 cities in the world over a 12-month period starting from March last year. The surges in the ranking of the cities can be attributed to rising accommodation costs, the appreciation of the renminbi and inflation, according to the Shanghai-based First Financial Daily. Rent increases in second-tier cities has increased inflationary pressure, causing the cost of living to grow faster than in the largest cities such as Shanghai and Beijing, said Zhang Shidong, the head of the company's Beijing office. The ranking uses the city of New York and the US dollar as its base and placed New York at No.33 and Los Angeles at No.68. A Mercer staff member said the cost of living in China's first- and second-tier cities has now exceeded US cities. Expatriates have to spend more in these Chinese cities if they desire to maintain the standard of living they would have in New York. The rising living costs have created pressures for foreign companies in China. Foreign direct <b>...</b> From: bontvchina Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 02:43 More in News & Politics

Secondhand Car Prices Decrease - Price Watch June 19 - BONTV Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:10 AM PDT Secondhand Car Prices Decrease - Price Watch June 19 - BONTV Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com According to the Global Times, over 18 million new vehicles were sold in 2011 I China, but sales of used cars almost tripled that figure last year. In fact, a total of 42 million secondhand cars were sold in 2011, up 15 percent year-on-year, according to figures from China Automobile Dealer's Association. And industry experts predict that the used car market will exceed that of the new car market, topping at 5 million for the year. From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:17 More in News & Politics

Shenzhou-9 mission - China Take June 19 - BONTV Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:59 PM PDT Shenzhou-9 mission - China Take June 19 - BONTV Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode China's fourth manned spaceflight mission got underway on the weekend when a Long March 2F rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. On board the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft were three astronauts -- including China's first female astronaut, Liu Yang. She and her male colleagues Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang have successfully performed a docking maneuver with the Tiangong-1 space lab that had been in orbit since late last year. The mission, which is expected to last ten days, comes just nine years after China sent it's first man into space. From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 07:32 More in News & Politics

Experts dismisses doomsday theories of world's demise Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:01 PM PDT With only five months until the Mayan calendar runs out, top archaeologists from around the world converged in the Guatemalan city of Antigua over the weekend to discuss the end of the ancient cycle and dismiss doomsday theories of the world?s demise.

Alice Mak: Creator of cartoon McDull Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:35 PM PDT McDull is a famous cartoon pig character that was created in Hong Kong. Although McDull made his first appearance as a supporting character in the McMug comics, McDull has since become a central character in his own right, attracting a huge following in Hong Kong.

Chinese elements cause fever at Shanghai International Film Festival Posted: 19 Jun 2012 07:27 PM PDT China is becoming a more important market for foreign filmmakers, more and more foreign movies are either adding Chinese elements to the story or choosing Chinese stars to attract a larger audience here.

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