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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 ...

  • 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 ...


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  • 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 ...

  • Chinas Catholics show fervour in Shanghai celebration

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - Thousands of Chinese Catholics gathered in Shanghai on Friday for a celebration to honour the Virgin Mary, in a show of religious fervour permitted by the Communist-ruled state.China exercises strict control over religion, requiring followers to worship in state-approved churches.In an annual tradition dating back more than a hundred years, pilgrims walked up Sheshan -- or She ...

  • South Korea to keep sanctions until North apologizes for ship sinking

    North Korea must show remorse for sinking a South Korean warship before the South will consider easing or lifting sanctions, a government spokesman said Friday. The North has denied any responsibility for the sinking of the Cheonan in the Yellow Sea near the maritime border in March 2010. Forty-six sailors died. The South Korea spokesman, Kim Hyung-suk, said the sanctions were "aimed at ...

  • Work gets underway on Shanghai Disneyland

    /enpproperty--> Construction began on Friday on Shanghai Disneyland's Enchanted Storybook Castle, which will be the world's tallest and largest Disney castle. The Enchanted Storybook Castle will be stationed at the heart of the theme park, which is scheduled to open in 2015. It will be the most interactive Disney castle yet, complete with entertainment, dining and performance ...

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