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BEIJING Arden Key Raiders Jersey , Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Traditional powerhouse Jiangsu edged Beijing 124-122 on the road to extend the winning streak to five games in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league on Sunday.


Jiangsu started the game well thanks to the scoring from Marshon Brooks and local center Li Yuanyu.


The visitors carried a lead of 13 points into the last period, only to see Beijing cut it to four with less than one minute left. However, the Jiangsu cagers were strong from the freethrow line to secure the victory.


Guard Brooks had a game-best 39 points and Miroslav Radulica added 23 points and eight rebounds for Jiangsu, while Beijing Aaron Jackson made 25 points and Zhai Xiaochuan had 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.


Another title-contender Liaoning harvested an easy victory by overwhelming Sichuan 123-91. Sichuan, who won the CBA title in 2016, swallowed the 12th straight loss.


Jiangsu moved up to the second place on the rankings, while Liaoning stood on the third.


In the Guangdong derby, Guangdong outscored Shenzhen 126-111. Former NBA forward Yi Jianlian had 24 points and 16 rebounds.


In other games on Sunday, Shanxi defeated Shandong 128-114, Guangzhou edged Shanghai 118-114, Qingdao breezed past Tianjin 126-111.



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BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee made public a regulation to promote transparency in Party affairs Monday,the first CPC regulation on disclosure of Party affairs.


Transparency in Party affairs is ""a great measure"" in implementing the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the CPC, firmly upholding full and strict governance over the Party and improving the Party's ability to govern and lead, said the CPC Central Committee in a statement.


Party organizations are required to disclose affairs concerning the Party leadership and Party building among the CPC members or outside the Party in accordance with rules, according to the regulation.


Party organizations' implementation of the Party's basic theory, line, and policy, their leadership over economic and social development, and efforts to strictly govern the Party and strengthen Party building shall be generally made public, along with information about the organizations' function and structure, it said.


However, promoting transparency in Party affairs should not pose a threat to political, economic, military, cultural, social, homeland security and the safety of the people, the regulation warned.


The regulation specifies which content should be released by Party organizations at different levels.


Central Party organizations should make public Party theories, lines, principles and policies, decisions and plans of Party and state governance, speeches and instructions by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and important meetings, activities and appointment and