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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 ...

  • 15 suspects stand trial for Chinas largest online pyramid scam in Zhejiang

    FIFTEEN people accused of involvement in the nation's largest online pyramid scheme stood trial yesterday in a court in east China's Zhejiang Province. On June 11, police in Jinhua City busted a website offering discounts on online purchases and arrested Ying Jiancheng and another 14 people suspected of organizing the scam involving 24 billion yuan (US$3.9 billion). An ...

  • Shanghai Tower Co-opts with Eslite to Build New Urban Cultural Landmark

    TAIPEI, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Tower and the Eslite Spectrum in Taiwansigned a letter of intent for leasing agreement today, which marks the Eslite Life will be officially launched in Lujiazui in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. The duo will collaborate to establish a new cultural landmark which combines the quintessence from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. This cooperation ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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