The drawing of lots ceremony for the 24th Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament took place on September 27 in Changsha. 30 women and men table tennis players including some Ping pong stars like Ma Long, Guo Yan, Guo Yue, Wang Yuegu and Jiang Huajun entered for the games. 　The Asian Cup is an annual table tennis tournament held by the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). The 24th Asian Cup 2011 was scheduled in March 26-27, Yokahama, Japan. It was postponed due to the devastating earthquake in Japan this March, and rescheduled for Sept. 28-30 in Changsha, China.Chinese men team is comprised of Ma Long and Xu Xin. The former will compete against Tang Peng from Hong Kong, Chan Kazuhiro from Japan and Yang Zi from Singapore and the latter will challenge Kim Min-Seok from Korea, Jiang Tianyi from Hong Kong and Jiang Penglong from Chinese Taipei. Chinese woman player Guo Yan will compete with Jiang Huajun from Hong Kong, Li Jiawei from Singapore and Ai Fukuhara from Japan. 2009 Asian Cup women champion Guo Yue will meet her competitors Tie Yana from Hong Kong, Seok Eun-Mi from Korea and Huang Yiye from Chinese Taipei.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The 2011 China (Chenzhou) International Tourism and Culture Festival themed with "City in the Wood & City of Leisure" will kick off at Fushou Square of Longnv Scenic Spot, Beihu District of Chenzhou City on Oct. 18 and hold its concluding ceremony at Mangshan Mountain National Forest Park of Yizhang County on Oct. 25. All the related projects under construction are scheduled to be finished and put into operation by Oct. 10.  On Sept. 26, the organizing committee of the event held a meeting to analyze the existing complications in the preparatory work and deploy work for the next stage.He Wenjun, member of the Standing Committee of CPC Chenzhou Municipal Committee, presided over the meeting. He pointed out that the departments directly under Chenzhou Municipal People's Government, the districts, counties and cities should detail the work, strengthen cooperation, and carry out the responsibility to efficiently fulfill the tasks.Fan Zhongda, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Chenzhou City, also attended the meeting.Translator: Zhou JingqiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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September 24, 2011，The world-renowned adventurer Jeb Corliss，He successfully flew over  Tianmen Hole with wing-suit.American Jeb Corliss (born in 1976) is a professional BASE jumper, skydiver, and wing-suit flyer. He has jumped from sites including Paris' Eiffel Tower, Seattle's Space Needle, Angle Falls, and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and so on. He was once invited to take part in the International Base Jumping Festival held in Shanghai. This time he will take the risk of flying through Tianmen Hole with wing-suit.

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Jeb Corliss, who is called as “the most courageous adventurer in the world”, successfully flied through the Tianmen Hole with wingsuit in Tianmen Mountain , Zhangjiajie on Sept.24. He has become the world's first challenger in flying through a natural hole which is about 1,300 meters above sea level.He failed in hir first attempt and made a second try. At 16:19, he jumped from a helicopter about 600 meters above the hole, flied through it like a bird and landed on the highway with an opening parachute. He accomplished a stunt flying in human history.After his landing , Jeb Corliss was very excited. “ Thank you, China!” He said.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web 

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According to Wulingyuan Tourism Bureau, a new scenic spot called “the Immortal Pine” was opened to the public from Sept. 22. The pine is located near the Pillar between Heaven and Earth that is the prototype of floating mountains in the movie Avatar. Liu Chenghao, a 79-year-old overseas Chinese from Britain, gave it the name of “Immortal Pine”, which was the first scenic spot named by an overseas tourist. The immortal pine is one of over three thousand Wuling pines in Wulingyuan, Zhangjiajie. They are usually grown in the crevices of peaks, making a fantastic landscape.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

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On September 17, 2011, the Second Session of China Hunan Tourism Commodities Exposition ceremoniously kicked off in Xibu Street, Wulingyuan district.The exposition with the theme of “Happy tour and shopping in beautiful Hunan” was part of 2011 China Hunan International Tourism Festival, running from Sept.17 to 19. It had nearly 500 exhibition booths, covering over 50, 000 square meters of area. Various tourism commodities were exhibited in the exposition, including travel souvenirs, food and costumes, traditional handcrafts, cultural and artistic articles, hotel supplies, and gardening and recreation equipment. In addition, famous tourist attractions, wonderful hotels and popular itineraries were also showed. Tens of thousands of tourists and local people flooded into Xibu Street to buy or experience news things.  The fair is aimed at promoting purchasing tour and accelerating the development of Hunan tourism commodities.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

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International Music Masters of Comics & Animation in the Country Music Week.SOURCE：shuire

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An acrobatic troupe from Pyongyang, North Korean staged grand performance of 12 classical acrobatic items in Zhangjiajie on September 15, which received wide acclamation from tourists and local residents.The performance drew its curtain at 8:00 p.m. It started with the "Swing-bridge and springboard", where the acrobats jumped like a swing-bridge. The breathtaking performance made all the audiences thrill and enjoy themselves to the full. The "Stunt flying", fliers upturning in the air over ten meters'Founded in 1952, the North Korea Pyongyang National Acrobatic Troupe (PNAT) owns the largest acrobatic ground and the most acrobatics. It is the only one in the country that can go abroad to perform, and enjoys reputation all over the world.The two-month performance will be shown at the Gezihua Theater in Zhangjiajie at 8:00 p.m. every day since September 12.Stunt flyingGroup rope-skippingSwing-bridge and springboardTranslator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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