WANG JIANLIN, the entertainment and property magnate behind Wanda Group, "is now the richest Chinese person in the whole world." The results were unveiled on Wednesday in the Hurun Global Chinese Rich List, compiled by Shanghai-based Hurun Research Institute, reported People's Daily Online. Hurun has estimated Wang Jianlin's wealth to be $42.6B following the recent flotation of several assets (London DAILY MAIL, 8/20). ... Australian cricketer MIKE HUSSEY will captain Australian PM TONY ABBOTT's team in the XI match, which will use a pink ball. The match will be played against New Zealand on Oct. 23 at Manuka Oval and will kick-start the int'l summer of cricket in Australia (Cricket Australia).
BOLT ADDRESSES DOPING: Olympic and world sprint champion USAIN BOLT "has been saddened by the focus on doping" but said that "even he cannot save the sport by himself." Bolt: "It's been a lot of doping in the headlines over the last couple of months, it's really sad that that's where the sport is right now ... It's going to be hard (to get rid of doping), I think. If you make harder rules, less people will take a chance. But I think you will always have those one or two people who feel they can beat the system. It's just like life, people think they can beat the system" (REUTERS, 8/20).
