Chanthu Hits GD
The Guangdong Flood Control and Disaster Prevention Office announced that as of 8 p.m. last night, typhoon Chanthu which landed in the city of Wuchuan yesterday afternoon, had caused two casualties, and affected a population of over 1.35 million. The city of Zhanjiang took the hardest blow causing a loss of 1.2 billion yuan. Typhoon Chanthu is the first typhoon to really hit Guangdong this year. Though it has moved into Guangxi province, for the next few days Guangdong will seen heavy rainstorms.

Extra-Long Bus to be Operational in the BRT Route
A test run was conducted this morning(July 23rd) on six 18-metre long BRT buses are soon to begin operating on BRT route No.1, running between Tianhe Sports Center and Xiayuan station. These new super-long buses are 6 meters longer than usual vehicles and can carry up to 160 passengers.

photo from: news.sina.com.cn

Asian Games' Events Schedule Announced Sep 30th
The Guangzhou Asian Games' competition schedule will be issued on Sep 30th. GAGOC announced this yesterday (22nd) at the Games' 2nd World Press Briefing. A total of 42 sports disciplines will take place, amongst them 14 non-Olympic disciplines and such as Dragon Boat Racing. So far, GAGOC has conducted part of the test events that features 15 of its sport disciplines.