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China announces targets on emission cuts

2009-11-26

THE State Council announced today that China is going to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent ...

Index notches biggest one-day loss in 3 months

SHANGHAI'S key stock index today posted its biggest daily drop in three months, led by lenders on concerns that lower capital adequacy ratios from exp...

Top suspect in Philippine massacre surrenders to authorities

Couple slips though security to crash state dinner

City blanketed in fog again, flights delayed

Shanghai receives 'all clear' message

IN Shanghai, unlike other areas of China, Japan and some Western countries, the H1N1 virus has not mutated. Shanghai Health Bureau officials said ...

City blanketed in fog again, flights delayed

HEAVY fog engulfed Shanghai again this morning and largely impacted the flights of the city's two civil airports. The fog today was even stronger ...

Students devise quake-proofing method

A STRUCTURAL component developed by Tongji University students to protect buildings in earthquakes has been used in the construction of the Expo Cente...

Dapu Rd tunnel to reopen in January

Search on for missing girl, 3

Mine toll rises to 107

Airport to ease visits to lake where women rule

CONSTRUCTION of an airport near China's last matriarchal society in the southwestern Yunnan Province has started, authorities said yesterday. A 10...

Fog creates snarl in air, road traffic

AIR and land transportation ground to a halt as heavy fog blanketed southwest China's Sichuan Province yesterday, forcing airports and expressways to ...

This 'Mulan' is no cartoon

Fake nurse steals baby at hospital

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1990, the Shanghai Stock Exchange opened. It was the first stock exchange on the Chin...

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Saab deal hits bump

THE Chinese auto maker that had joined with Koenigsegg Automotive AB in bidding to buy Saab said yesterday it regrets the Swedish luxury sports car ma...

EU applauds China's tight measures

CHINA'S efforts to curb overcapacity are a positive first step but further improvement should secure sustainable development and reduce trade tensions...

Index notches biggest one-day loss in 3 months

SHANGHAI'S key stock index today posted its biggest daily drop in three months, led by lenders on concerns that lower capital adequacy ratios from exp...

Gold prices hit historical high

US duties rock China steel industry

Shanda said to buy Ku6.com video site

Firm plans Shanghai IPO to lift production

Anelka sinks Porto as Chelsea win group

NICOLAS Anelka's second-half header earned Chelsea a 1-0 win against Porto yesterday and guaranteed the English side will win Champions League Group D...

Nuggets hand Wolves 14th straight loss, 124-111

CARMELO Anthony scored 22 points and Nene had 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists as the Denver Nuggets handed the Minnesota Timberwolves their ...

Milan held by Marseille in wide open Group C

AC Milan and Marseille must wait until the final round of matches to see who reaches the Champions League knockout stages after the sides drew 1-1 at ...

Bayern revive hopes as Juventus lose

Federer reclaims year-end top spot with Murray win

Top suspect in Philippine massacre surrenders to authorities

A SON of the governor of a southern Philippine province today surrendered himself to the authorities after he and his family clan are tagged as prime ...

Polanski wins US$4.5m bail, house arrest likely

ROMAN Polanski has been granted US$4.5 million bail, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest ...

S Korean railway workers launch indefinite strike

UNION workers of the state-run Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) today launched an indefinite strike in protest of the KORAIL's cancellation of a pr...

Indonesia to refuse discussing climate change issue in WTO: official

Couple slips though security to crash state dinner

Travel | Film and TV | Events | Health

Victoria's Secret not a secret anymore

HEIDI Klum and her post-baby body led the parade at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show, which returned to New York with some fresh faces after ...

Thumb tribalist wins upper hand as digital darling

WU Jiaqi, a member of the "thumb tribe" generation, is the digital darling who won the first "Internet Millionaire" online quiz using a standard cell ...

G-Hous: House gets a new home

WANG Hao and his live lineup are big draw at Bar 288, but now he's taking his music to a new home. Nie Xin reports. Shanghai's live music scene has be...

Napa wine maker who beat France

Stylist builds dreams of magic

Chinese perspectives | Foreign perspectives

King Coal claims more victims in mine with advanced gas detectors

WHEN the explosion occurred early Saturday in a coal pit in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Chen Fugui was waiting for his two miner sons to ...