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  • Nine dead in China shop fire

    As many as nine people, including three children, died in a fire that broke out in China's Guangdong province early Friday, fire authorities said. The flames engulfed an automobile repair shop in Foshan city in the morning, reported Xinhua citing a fire brigade official. It was a single-storey building, existing as shop-cum-residence, the official said, adding that the fire was later ...

  • China reaffirms denuclearisation on Korean Peninsula

    President Xi Jinping Friday reaffirmed China's stance of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula while stressing that targets should be met by all parties involved irrespective of how the situation evolved. During his meeting with Choe Ryong Hae, the special envoy of Nork Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Xi stressed that denuclearisation and long-lasting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula ...

  • Pope hopes Chinas Catholics can pray without fear

    Pope Francis hopes Chinese Catholics would be able to practise their faith freely and without fear, inviting them to stay loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. "Let them live daily lives practising their faithwithout being afraid to speak of Jesus," the pontiff said. Pope Francis said he prayed that China's Catholics would receive "the grace to ...

  • Pyongyang Willing to Take Chinas Advice on Talks

    A North Korean envoy has told a senior Chinese official that Pyongyang is willing to take China's advice to start talks aimed at resolving tensions on the Korean peninsula. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that envoy Choe Ryong Hae made that remark to a high-ranking member of China's Communist Party, Liu Yunshan, during talks in Beijing Thursday. Liu told Choe that China ...

  • China Biologic Comments on the Proposed Shanghai RAAS Transaction

    BEIJING, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Biologic Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBPO, "China Biologic" or the "Company"), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, today announced that the Company has recently learned from a public announcement issued by Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co., Ltd. ("Shanghai RAAS"), a public ...


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The House on Sorority Row [DVD]

The House on Sorority Row [DVD]

Mark Rosman's The House on Sorority Row is a mid-'80s slasher flick that has been largely forgotten, which is unfortunate because it's one of the better ones, an interesting and generally entertaining addition to a genre that is often characterized by a lack of creativity and mindless repetition. The House on Sorority Row actually has a story in addition to a lot of young people bei ... ...

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  • Shanghai Festival Announces Project Market Entries

    , in 2008 Chang is also at present chairman of the Taipei Film Festival and the vice-chairman of the Hong Kong International Film Festival ...

  • China offers troops for UN Mali mission

    China has offered to send more than 500 troops to the UN force fighting Islamist militants in Mali, its biggest proposed contribution to UN peacekeeping ...

  • Stella McCartney Shanghai show was great

    Stella McCartney says her Shanghai collection show was "the most amazing thing ever". The British designer is currently on a four-day whirlwind trip through Asia. For the China section of her visit, she hosted a dinner and show event to a parade of Shanghai's most fashionable people. During the extravaganza, models wearing her designs performed dance routines for guests. ...

  • Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy Triggers Concerns in Shanghai

    Actress Angelina Jolie, in her role as UN envoy, talks during a news conference regarding sexual violence against women in conflict, at the Foreign Ministers G8 meeting in Lancaster House on April 11, 2013 in London, England. Jolie's revelation on May 14 that she had undergone a double mastectomy in order to prevent cancer has spurred women in Shanghai, China to become much more interested ...

  • Shanghai metro campaign fights obscenity

    /enpproperty--> Police have intensified a campaign against candid photography, and acts of obscenity, on the Shanghai metro as the hot summer approaches. Reinforced electronic surveillance and stepped-up patrols in the subway carriages and stations will be carried out. A 24-year-old man was held in administrative detention by police on Monday after he tried to photograph a woman with his ...

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