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  • Manish Tiwari meets Chinas Information Minister

    Information and Broadcasting Minister, Manish Tiwari had discussions with the visiting Chinese information broadcasting minister, Cai Fuchao here this morning. They discussed media, entertainment industries and cinema The Chinese Minister was accompanied by a delegation. The high level Chinese delegation discussed the steps to increase cooperation in the field of media, entertainment ...

  • Chinas FDI edges up

    China's actual use of foreign capital in May stood at $9.26 billion, up 0.29 percent year on year, the commerce ministry said Tuesday. This is the fourth straight monthly increase since February, when China reported a FDI recovery after declining for eight consecutive months since June of 2012, reported Xinhua. During the first five months, the inbound investment increased 1.03 percent from a ...

  • 18 Ibero-American films to be screened in Shanghai

    Ibero-American films will not compete in the Shanghai International Film Festival, or SIFF, but will be represented with 18 films in Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Basque and Catalan, among the more than 300 selected for event. Latin presence will therefore show a sharp drop from 2012, up to now the biggest showing by the Ibero-American film industry, when it had two movies competing - Spain's ...

  • Shanghai Brides Ranked As Chinas Most Costly For Suitors

    Would-be husbands of single young women in Shanghai are expected have to pay out more than 100,000 yuan, or almost $16,400, in "betrothal" gifts and cash in order to seal a marriage, more than elsewhere in China, the state-published Shanghai Daily reported today. And that doesn't include the cost of an all-important apartment, said the paper, citing a survey reported on the ...

  • Shanghai negative in early trade

    (42 mins ago) Shares in Shanghai were down 0.81 percent in early trading on worries over a share glut that could be triggered by the resumption of new stock offers, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 17.52 points to 2,141.77. China's stock regulator might resume approvals for initial public offerings as early as July after a nearly eight-month suspension, state ...


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The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) [DVD]

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) [DVD]

Taking place in the German Democratic Republic in 1984, not incidentally the year of George Orwell's magnum opus about the logical ends of the security state, The Lives of Others is a taut emotional thriller that pits genuine ideology against the mechanisms of a corrup ... ...

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  • International medical center for Shanghai

    /enpproperty--> A leading medical center where international tourists can be treated will open in Shanghai, Jiefang Daily reported. The Shanghai International Medical Center, the city's first private general hospital, will open for business in November. Located near where Shanghai Disneyland is being built, the center has 450 beds and more than 100 intensive care units, and will ...

  • Space lotuses to touch down in Shanghai

    The 50 flowers of 13 varieties grown from seeds that traveled into space will be on show at Guyi Gardens on June 28. "The space lotuses will be a highlight, as many people are excited about the recent space mission," said Sun Jia, spokeswoman for the 500-year-old gardens in Jiading district. Sun added the best time to enjoy the show will be the full bloom period, which is expected to ...

  • Shanghai Film Museum opens to public China Economic Information Service

    Shanghai Film Museum opens to public SHANGHAI, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai Film Museum, one of the country's largest film museums, opened on Monday in Shanghai, the birthplace of Chinese film. Covering an area of 10,000 square meters, the museum features multiple exhibitions detailing the city's role in the development of China's film industry. "I didn't expect that ...

  • Zhejiang police deny allegations suspect died after being beaten in custody

    A 27-year-old man died after allegedly being beaten while he was detained for over six hours in a police station in Yongkang, Zhejiang Province Friday.The deceased, Chen Shaoxiong from Yunnan Province, was detained for theft, but died of undetermined causes in a local hospital, according to a statement from Yongkang Public Security Bureau on Tuesday."Three of us were surfing online in a ...

  • China has arrested 118 linked to pollution investigations

    Chinese police have arrested 118 people in investigations into environmental pollution cases since January, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday. Of the 118 arrests, 24 people have been charged by prosecutors and await trial, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry began a national campaign against environmental polluters earlier this year, and as part of that campaign, they ...

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