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China, India in pledge to resolve border dispute

2013-5-21

THE Chinese and Indian premiers yesterday pledged to resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two ...

Million yuan for men wrongly jailed

AN uncle and his nephew, wrongly imprisoned for rape and murder in 2004, have been awarded about 1.1 million yuan (US$180,000) each in compensation. ...

86 die in wave of bombings across Iraq

Ex-top banker expelled from Party

Couples flock to marriage centers

China, India in pledge to resolve border dispute

Landmark cathedral will close for renovations

THE century-old Xujiahui Cathedral will undergo renovations beginning in July to restore the historic look of one of the city's most iconic buildings,...

Auspicious dates filled with meaning

DATES with an auspicious meaning have become a popular choice for marriage registrations. The city's daily record for marriage registrations was ...

Police urge hotels to register guest IDs

CITY police are asking small hotels and chains to record the IDs of all guests as it can help them catch criminal suspects. Police said all hotels...

Air purifiers perform poorly in tests

Wheels fall off free bike rental program

Line 6 to add two new trains

Baby dies after decision to stop treatment

13 killed as blast flattens factory

Chen mixes things up with release of 1st album

FANS know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through...

Death sentence for loans fraud

A BUSINESSWOMAN in east China has been sentenced to death for defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on the informal financing that ...

Hundreds of tons of NZ meat stranded

Officials eat poultry to restore confidence

TODAY IN HISTORY

The men’s national badminton team won the Thomas Cup for the first time on this day in 1982. China h...

MAY

Danone invests in 2 deals in China

FRENCH food and beverage group Danone will invest 2.6 billion yuan (US$417 million) in two deals to strengthen its presence in China and tap the huge ...

New home sales decline below threshold but average cost climbs

NEW home sales in Shanghai fell below the 200,000 square-meter level last week while solid sales of mid to high-end houses lifted the average cost of ...

Baosteel to cut capacity by 30% in Shanghai

BAOSTEEL Group Corp has started piling work for the No. 1 blast furnace of its Guangdong-based Zhanjiang plant, seen as a "key battlefield" as it bids...

Asia set to gain from mobile revolution

Tri-Ring to buy Polish bearings maker

Tingyi posts 47.4% drop in Q1 net profit

EU, China step up joint innovation projects

China seen as competitive in 2013

Yuan hits high end of central parity rate

Design, fashion and architecture converge

2013-5-6

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Zhang wins, historic first for Chinese Taipei

CHINESE Taipei claimed an historic first world title as the pairing of Chuang Chih-Yuan and Chen Chien-An won the men's doubles at the table tennis Wo...

McDowell moves up in rankings with victory

GRAEME McDowell is up to seventh in the world rankings after his victory in the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria on Sunday. The Northern Iris...

Spurs race ahead with Grizzlies win

THE San Antonio Spurs drained 14 three-pointers in a convincing 105-83 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Sunday's opening game of the NBA's Western Co...

Indonesia in Sudirman quarterfinals

Arsenal secures Champions spot

Gunman shoots 4 dead at Israel bank, kills self

A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba yesterday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killin...

Death toll from tornado hitting U.S. Oklahoma city rises to 37

AT least 37 people were killed and many others were wounded when a storm with a massive tornado struck an area outside the U.S. city of Oklahoma on Mo...

Philippines rejects joint probe but offers 'coordinated efforts'

THE Philippines said yesterday that it would make "coordinated efforts" with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but sto...

N. Korea fires sixth missile in three days

Tornadoes slam central US, killing 2 people in Oklahoma

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Kiwi reflects on startling Shanghai contrasts

BEFORE I left for Shanghai in March, people's comments to me generally fell into two camps. The first kept pointing out that, at 5-foot, 9 inches I mi...

Luminous mannequins tell tales

VISITORS can touch, embrace and talk to a group of phosphorescent mannequins, who respond in Chinese and tell their stories in an interactive installa...

Pitiful plight of Gilbert, a GROWING piglet

GILBERT, a four-month-old, seven-kilogram piglet, is nestled on a sofa, intently watching television next to his owner Alex Hao, who has tied a red ri...

Kiwi rite of passage in China

Bands get down and dirty digs

Meeting with the ancients

City aims to turn industrial sites into tourism hotspots

5 free things to do in Vibrant, historic, arty Shanghai

Center promotes Chinese comics

Putting the glamor back in flying