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  • Eastday-Plate prices fall for 2nd month as curbs bite

    SHANGHAI car plate prices dropped for the second consecutive month at yesterday's auction, as speculation continued to ebb following the implementation of a series of curbing ...

  • Are Floating Pigs Behind China’s Avian Flu

    repeated in others ). "And avoid eating or contact with dead and diseased livestock." That last directive might be a little tricky to fulfill. Since early March, Shanghai's waterways have been clogged by dead pigs ...

  • Models strut their stuff at Auto Shanghai auto show 2013

    A model poses with a car during the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, known as Auto Shanghai 2013, in Shanghai, China, 23 April 2013. [Photo / ...

  • Letter from Shanghai Scent of a Hotel Toasted Loo and Lobster in a Jar.

    It being the first time I have stayed at a Waldorf Astoria, I figure I should write about it; especially about that toilet seat that flips up automatically every time I open the door to the cubicle. Quite spooky at first encounter. I think I jumped. I developed a fear of self-opening toilet lids after watching a horror movie as a child when the lid opened and a hand came up to grab its ...

  • Dead-Pig Tide and the Ongoing Danger of China Epidemics

    floating in the river, the source of much of the city's water supply. The reports didn't offer an explanation for where the dead pigs had come from or how they had died. Still, one thing was absolutely certain in the articles and the social-media chatter: Nothing good comes from a dead-pig tide. Early today, Shanghai Daily reported that the number of dead pigs floating in the ...


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High Tension (Haute tension)

High Tension (Haute tension)

Spoiler alert: This review discusses some key plot points and surprises in the film. Those who dont want to know the ending should not read past the fifth paragraph. In the current U.S. climate of increasingly yawn-inducing PG-13-rated J-horror knockoffs, Alexandre Ajas High T ... ...

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  • Landslide kills 7 in China

    A landslide near a coal mine in northwest China killed seven people Saturday, government officials said. The landslide struck at 10 a.m. and buried a two-story dormitory housing workers at a coal mine in Cangcun Township, Shaanxi province, the Huangling County publicity bureau said. Twelve others were injured and rescue workers completed their search of the building by 10 p.m. The injured were ...

  • In Shanghai More Dead Pigs but Still No Answers

    waterways , nobody seems to know exactly why or where those pigs died. Newspapers, blogs and government agencies offer theories and explanations ...

  • China Switzerland sign free-trade pact

    Switzerland and China have signed a free-trade agreement leaders of both nations called a historic achievement. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, in Switzerland to sign the accord, said the trade pact "has huge meaning for global free-trade." "This free-trade deal is the first between China and a continental European economy, and the first with one of the 20 leading economies of the ...

  • China S.Korea in Sudirman Cup badminton final

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Eight-time champions China reached their 10th consecutive Sudirman Cup badminton final on Saturday, seeing off Denmark in Kuala Lumpur and setting up a clash for the title with South Korea.Three-time champs South Korea reached their seventh Cup final when they defeated a spirited Thailand 3-1 in the other semi-final earlier in the day.Sunday's final will be the fourth ...

  • 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, ...

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