List of international sports events affected by the coronavirus that has killed over 900 people and infected more than 40,000 in China
Based on Foshan's projected GDP growth from 2010 to 2025, Foreign Policy and the McKinsey Global Institute ranked it as the world's 13th most dynamic city.
In six years, China is set to build world's biggest mega city developing nine cities around the Pearl River Delta.
Suranjoy Singh gave a resounding start to India's boxing campaign at the Asian Games by entering the flyweight (52kg) pre-quarterfinals with a thumping win over Thailand's Chatchai Butdee in Guangzhou on Tuesday.
World number one Vijender Singh (75kg) clinched an unprecedented second boxing gold for India at the 16th Asian Games while two others settled for silver to round off the best ever campaign by the country's pugilists at the quadrennial mega-event, in Guangzhou, on Friday.
Indian woman boxer Kavita Goyat (75kg) lost to China's Jinzi Li in the semi-finals and settled for a bronze medal in the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Wednesday.
The list of international sporting events affected by a new virus outbreak in China grew on Wednesday with skiing World Cup races in Yanqing cancelled and Olympic women's football in Australia in doubt over concerns about athletes' safety. Badminton, tennis and basketball were among other sports whose governing bodies were rearranging events, weighing possible changes or monitoring the implications of the outbreak.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that the government will keep in close touch with all relevant groups to ensure a virus outbreak does not have affect the Summer Olympics. Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto said organisers are not considering cancelling the Olympics, which start on July 24.
The celebrations in China will be second biggest in the world after India.
Shiv Kapur took a definite step towards sealing his European Tour berth for 2014 with a sizzling eagle finish that saw him card a six-under 66 in Round 2 and rise to second in the season-ending Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final in Dubai.
The J-20 fighter is called Beijing's answer to the US F-22 stealth fighter and the F-35 that will be soon deployed in the Pacific by the United States and Japan.
With a population of more than 60 million, the delta region accounts for nearly 30 per cent of China's exports.
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