Looking at what’s coming out of China it’s hard to understand why we pay so much for cars here. Just looking at the new 2009 M1 by Brilliance I think BMW. The car features a completely redesigned 1.8L turbocharged 170hp engine. The chassis was designed with the help of Porch and the rest comes with improving on the competition.

If you are one of those who refuses to by a car made from China that’s fine, GM should still be in business once the government bails them out again. One of the reasons why they are struggling is because they know they will no longer be able to compete with the Chinese made cars. If you think about it it’s the 50’s all over again. A time when Japanese cars started being introduced to North American markets. At first with the stigma attached that they couldn’t possible make quality cars, people refused to buy them. Now Japan makes some of the most reliable cars on the market while GM, Ford and friends make the worst junk on the road. The tables have turned and now China is looking for a piece of the market.

Check out more about the M1 Brilliance at ChinaCarUSA.com

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Chinese Cars of the Future: M1 Brilliance

In China, the online game was named 圣斗士OL and is already in beta. From the prizes (from PSP to MP3 players) that the Chinese players can get during this beta testing period, we reckon that Saint Seiya Online will attract new fans who have no idea who is Athena or Masami Kurumada.

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Saint Seiya Online, Old Anime Hot In China

Players got to choose from classes such as vampires, fallen angels, elves, fighters and more. Just like World of Warcraft, quests, roleplay and PvP elements are evident in Lianyu Online.

I wonder if the vampires possess money-sucking blood-sucking ability.

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LianYu Online, Blood Sucking China MMORPG

Vettel uses less fuel and wins in Shanghai

The race started in wet and windy conditions that saw the Mercedez-Benz safety car lead the race for the first 8 laps, something that has been happening a lot this season as the safety car has done more laps than Heikki Kovalainen so far this season. The safety car pulled off the track after eight laps and the Red Bull cars pulled into the lead and stayed there until they were first to pit for fuel. This put series leader Jenson Button in the front of the pack after he passed his teammate Rubens Barrichello on lap 11, but Mclaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa were making a charge behind him.

Lewis Hamilton managed to work his way to fifth before spinning-out and dropping to 10^th on lap 11, he worked his way back to 8^th position before the safety car came back out onto the track on lap 18, after Robert Kubica slammed his BMW Sauber into the back of Jarno Trulli’s Toyota.

The race advantage switched back to Vettel after these events, especially after Button’s car rolled to a silent-stop on lap 21. The race started again on the 23^rd lap, and with a lighter fuel load Vettel pulled away from his heavier competition and raced to the finish line to take the checkered flag.

Button tried to keep up, but after he missed his braking before Turn 14 on lap 29, he lost the time he needed to catch Vettel, and the Red Bull drivers kept their cars on the track and were running one-two. Button found himself only 1.2 seconds ahead of Vettel on lap 42, with one fuel stop left to make, while Vettel had already made his final fuel stop, and I am sure he could see the writing on the wall. This was the first Formula One race this season where Button didn’t look like the pace setter, running second to Adrian Newey’s RB5 design probably doesn’t sit too well with him, and expect him to show up at the next race with the goal of winning on his mind.

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Vettel Wins at Shanghai

Formula One 2009 Pulls into Shanghai

The flag will drop on the Grand Prix of Shanghai at the Shanghai International Circuit in a week or so, and the drivers and teams have probably been contemplating the winding turns and high-speed straights designed into the amazing architecture of the circuit. The track combines a nice variety of high-speed corners and slow turns that put demands on the grip of the cars, and throws a few wrenches into the mix. The most challenging and enjoyable corners for both the racers and the drivers will probably be turns six and seven, sweeping left and right hand turns. The Shanghai circuit has always been hard on tires because of the severe lateral forces the cars will experience at speed. The track design requires a medium down-force setup for the race cars because of the two long straight stretches combined with many technical turns. The cars need the right setup to race effectively and fast with the heavy braking, fast accelerations, and constant changes in velocity.

The Shanghai Grand Prix is a technical track that Lewis Hamilton won on last year, so expect McLaren to do well, although, they probably won’t do as well as last year because they won’t have the same performance advantage they had last year. It will be even more important for Hamilton to start farther up the grid, if he’s able to do so; he might be able to finish high in the points or even on the podium, even though his car is running a little slower.

The Shanghai Grand Prix kicks off earlier this year than in previous years, so the temperatures should be a little easier to handle for both the drivers and the cars, but the chance of rain will increase, and they will need to keep their rain tires close by. The first turn should be spectacular and might be the real eye-grabber of the race as the drivers take their cars in a high speed on the throttle, then suddenly drop the car into second gear as the track tightens up.

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Formula One 2009 Goes to Shanghai

Just four months after hosting the spectacular 2008 Summer Games, China has set her eyes on hosting another Games–this time the Winter event. According to Reuters, Harbin (pictured above), the capital of China’s Heilongjiang Province in the northeastern part of the country, is considering bidding on the 2018 Games. Harbin, a bustling town of five million residents, had unsuccessfully bid on the 2010 Games, which were awarded to Vancouver.

Harbin will face competition from declared candidates, Munich, Germany and Grenoble, Nice, and Annecy in France.

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Another China Olympics?

Liu Xiang of China, the 2007 world champion and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 110m hurdles event, will be having surgery to remove calcifications around his Achilles tendon in the United States, his coach announced on Friday. The 24-year-old was forced to withdraw from the 110m hurdles event in Beijing and hobbled off of the track in obvious pain. He has been in the United States for a week consulting with physicians. No date was given for the surgery, but the coach indicated the prognosis was very good.

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Liu Xiang to Have Surgery in US

The controversy surrounding the ages of the Gold-Medal-winning Chinese womens gymnastic team is continuing. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) are examining whether He Kexin and Yang Yilin were truly the required 16 years required to compete at the Olympics. They have also expanded their inquiry to include the Chinese competitors at the 2000 Sydney Games, where China won a Bronze Medal. They are examining whether Yang Yun and Dong Fangxiao on that squad were old enough to compete.

A spokeswoman for the FIG, Emmanuelle Moreau told the Associated Press on Wednesday at the inquiry “is a work in progress. Until the work is completed, there is nothing we can say.” The minimum age for gymnasts was raised to 16 years in 1997.

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Probe into Chinese Gymnasts’ Ages Continues

China’s athletes earned more than twice the number of Medals than Great Britain, who ended the Paralympic Games in second place in the Medal count. Chinese athletes, including runner Li Yansong pictured above, were awarded a total of 211 Medals (89 Gold, 70 Silver, and 52 Bronze). Great Britain earned a total of 102 (42 Gold, 29 Silver, and 31 Bronze). The United States ended the Games with 99 Medals and Ukraine was fourth with 74 total Medals. Canada was awarded 50 Medals, putting them in seventh place overall.

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China Tops Paralympic Medal Chart

Amid ceremony and pagentry, the Paralympic torch was lit this morning in Beijing at the city’s historic Temple of Heaven. Lighting the cauldron was Jin Jang, a 24-year-old Paralympic fencer. Jang was also the athlete that “protected” the Olympic torch in Paris during the protests there.

The lighting of the Paralympic torch precedes the domestic Paralympic torch relay that will travel to Xian on Friday and then around the southeast and central regions of China before returning to Beijing for the Paralympic opening ceremony on September 6.

The Paralympic Games will be held September 6 – 17. Founded in 1960, the Paralympics are a multi-sport competition for athletes with physical, mental and sensorial disabilities.

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Beijing Lights Paralympic Torch