By Edgardo Loguercio

BRASILIA， Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cooperation with China and other major developing countries is crucial for Brazil's voice to be heard around the world， said Luiz Recena， executive director of the EBC， Brazil's state-owned broadcaster.

In an interview with Xinhua， Recena said that traditional media are facing the challenge of digitalization and maximization of their online presence with right tools.

"The EBC has great senior executives and young workforce， to whom we are opening space to put their ideas into practice，" he added.

"The problem is that， in many parts of the country， we are far behind， not just digitally，" said Recena.

However， the Brazilian economic crisis would not allow the EBC to make short-term investments， leading to the growing importance for international cooperation.

"Brazil's partnerships with other developing countries， especially a country like China， are a great opportunity for us to make up for the technological deficit. We must use what is already available to us through cooperation and respond with our content，" said the executive.

Recena recalled that his first contact with China's Xinhua News Agency in 1986， when he worked at Empresa Brasilena de Noticias.

Based on this experience， Recena said at a time when China and Brazil are being brought closer by football， football diplomacy should be used to bring the two peoples together.

As a journalist specialized in international affairs， Recena highlighted the role China could play in global affairs in the years to come.

"New alliances will be needed to overcome problems. China can be a great help with its global experience， while Brazil can help in our region，" he said.

Despite political and economic crisis in the country， Brazil should reassure its willingness to expand cooperation with its partners， the EBC executive said.

"Our message is that it is time to heal wounds， (and) to unite the people willing to contribute to our country. We must carry on and overcome internal problems."

Recena has participated in a summit of Chinese and Latin American media executives， which was held earlier this week in Santiago， Chile.

MELBOURNE， July 20 (Xinhua) -- Sports stores in the Australian city of Melbourne have sold out of baseball bats as Victorian residents arm themselves against young criminals responsible for a spate of violent house invasions， according to local media.

A Melbourne radio station on Wednesday morning fielded several calls from store owners and residents in the western suburbs who said the recent jump in home invasions and car jackings had forced them to take the law into their own hands.

A leading sports retailer in Melbourne's west said he had sold out of baseball bats after three violent home invasion incidents occurred earlier this month.

One caller rang the radio station to explain the shortage: "And it ain't because of an influx of baseball players，" he said.

During the three home invasions， a man was stabbed， a couple was forced to hide in a bathroom and one family was confronted in their living room. There have also been a host of separate car-jacking incidents across Victoria in the past few months.

Many other Victorians called into the radio station on Wednesday to explain that they too had begun to arm themselves with a range of household items including machetes， samurai swords， golf clubs， hair spray and even spear guns.

Despite police warnings， residents have formed makeshift neighborhood watch groups， while others have begun patrolling the streets at night.

"In regards to the comments about community patrols， we cannot stress enough the risks that go with it，" local police in a western-suburb posted on their social media community page.

The state has been on high alert since the violent attacks at Melbourne's annual family festival - Moomba - during March earlier this year.

Two rival gangs - including the Apex， which is a street gang of young men living in Melbourne， ran riot as they brawled through Melbourne's city square， terrifying thousands of festival goers.

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The ministry's press office was responding to a US media report claiming that China conducted a third test flight of a new hypersonic missile on Dec 2, following flights in January and August.

Hypersonic speeds are generally defined as five or more times the speed of sound.

The testing of the experimental Wu-14 hypersonic glide vehicle was part of China's "strategic nuclear program and efforts to develop delivery vehicles capable of defeating US countermeasures" Adidas Performance Dame Ultra Boost W Hvit Norge , the Washington Free Beacon quoted US defense officials as saying.

"The three tests indicate that China's development of a strike vehicle capable of traveling up to eight times the speed of sound is a high-priority element in China's large-scale military buildup," the conservative news website said on Dec 4.

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