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The NBA has cancelled the first two weeks of its regular season after team owners and players failed to reach agreement on a new contract. 美国多支篮球队业主和队员未能就新合同达成协议，篮球协会因此将常规赛季前两周的活动取消。 NBA players have been locked out since the previous collective bargaining agreement expired on 1 July All the basketball leagues scheduled games from 1 November were affected, said NBA commissioner David Stern. Players and team owners could not agree on the share of revenue given to players - 57% under the expired deal - or the structure of the salary cap. Stern said the two sides were not even close to agreement on many issues.Despite extensive efforts, we have not been able to reach a new agreement with the players union that allows all 30 teams to be able to compete for a championship while fairly compensating our players, NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. Representatives from the players union and the teams owners met on Monday for seven hours of talks. Afterwards, Stern described the two sides as very, very far apart on virtually all issues. No further talks have been scheduled. Owners locked out players on 1 July after the old labour agreement expired. Stern said the league wanted to reduce players share of revenue to 47% while players proposed they get 53%. A 50-50 split has been discussed but not agreed. Also in dispute is the structure of the salary cap and the length of players contracts. A Chinese vase from the early Ming period has been sold for $21.6m - a world record at auction for any item of Ming porcelain.  一件中国明朝早期的花瓶被拍卖出2160万美元——创下明朝任何瓷器的拍卖价之最。The Ming vase belongs to a collection of Chinese porcelain gathered together by Swiss tycoons.The vase, owned by Swiss tycoons, was bought at Sothebys Hong Kong by an anonymous telephone bidder. The blue and white Meiping vase of fruit sprays is estimated to be at least 500 years old.The Sothebys Hong Kong sales are seen as key indicators of the strength of the Asian art market.The vase achieved a