List: Foreign sports stars endorsing Chinese brands

Retired National Basketball Association legend Kobe Bryant’s endorsement of Ele.me, a Chinese online food ordering and delivery app, was announced by the company this month. It is not the first time Chinese companies have employed foreign sports stars to promote their brands. Visit our website to read about the list of foreign stars endorsing Chinese brands.

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ItemfromJuly27,1998,in ChinaDaily:People’sLiberationArmysoldierscarry sandbagstofortifythe embankmentsoftheJingjiangsectionoftheYangtze River,inHubeiprovince, whichisbeingthreatenedby surgingwater.TheYangtzeis unleashingtheworstfloods in44yearsonCentraland EastChina’sprovinces,anda rainbeltstilllingersovervast tracts.

China has suffered fre- quent extreme weather events such as droughts and floods in the past few years due to climate change.

The recent heavy rain left 164 people dead and 125 missing in North China, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Rainstorms led to the collapse of 126,000 houses and forced the evacuation of more than 514,000 people, causing direct economic losses of about 31 billion yuan ($4.6 billion).

Despite the heavy rain, officials say China is unlikely to experience massive flooding like the summer deluge of 1998, as the flood control capacity of large rivers has been considerably improved.

However, urban planning experts are calling for improving drainage systems.

Last year, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development launched a program called Sponge City, which aims to turn urban areas into “sponges” to absorb and recycle 70 percent of rainwater. It will cover 20 percent of China’s urban areas by 2020.