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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 ...

  • Shanghai China To Extend Visa-Free Stays To 72 Hours

    From January 1, 2013, Shanghai extends visa-free stays to 72 hours for passengers from 45 countries. The 45 countries covered by the 72-hour visa-free policy are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, ...

  • Zhejiangs SMEs quickening pace of stock listings

    Private enterprises in Zhejiang province, especially small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), are speeding up their migration to listed status, said Ernst &Young (E&Y), a leading global tax and transaction service provider. According to data released by E&Y on Thursday, there are 252 Zhejiang-based listed companies that have raised more than 160 billion yuan ($24.8 billion) on the ...

  • Zhejiang nanny held for putting poppy straw in mother-to-bes diet

    A NANNY put poppy straw in the soup of a young mother so her breast milk would contain morphine and make her newborn baby sleep longer, Qianjiang Evening News reported yesterday. Police in Taizhou City of east China's Zhejiang Province, said the nanny, surnamed Wu, is in custody pending their investigation after an online post revealed the young mother found poppy stems in her fish soup. ...


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Troy

Troy

Wolfgang Petersen's Troy is a serious, big-budget take on the ancient Greek myth spun in Homer's The Iliad, but there's really only one thing we can say about it for sure: Everyone looks really good. While the unstated purpose of the film is to humanize the ... ...

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  • JA Solar to Hold Annual General Meeting on June 28 2013

    SHANGHAI, China, May 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ( ) (the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders ("AGM") on Friday, June 28, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., Beijing Time, at its headquarters at No. 36, Jiang Chang San Road, Zhabei, Shanghai, the ...

  • Shanghai looks for next sports icons

    /enpproperty--> Yao Ming has retired. Liu Xiang has an injured Achilles tendon and his future is up in the air, so who will be the next sporting superstar from Shanghai? According to the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, he or she may be among 3,000 talented youngsters the city has chosen to develop their skills. The birthplace of former NBA center Yao and star hurdler Liu is ...

  • Outback Steakhouse opens in Shanghai

    /enpproperty--> Chinese, in general, are not beef-lovers. According to the Washington-based environmental group, Earth Policy Institute, although more than a quarter of the meat produced worldwide, 71 million tons to be exact, is now consumed by Chinese, beef consumption in China is still relatively small. Every Chinese eats an average of 4 kg of beef every year, only one-ninth of ...

  • Chinese farmer creates his own bionic arms from scratch

    Faced with the prospect of a lifetime without work and unable to afford the limbs offered by local hospitals, the farmer was forced to rely on his own ...

  • Shanghai plans street performer pilot

    /enpproperty--> Shanghai plans to launch a pilot program to regulate street performances and give performers more legal spaces to present their shows, according to the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film and TV. For years, street performers such as singers have been holding shows across the city, but some of them were classified by the authorities as beggars. In ...

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