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Home prices rise slower as tightening takes effect

By Cherry Cao | 2013-5-19

NEW home prices continued to rally in most Chinese cities in April, although the pace slowed slightly, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterda...

A single-minded approach to finding the perfect partner

RAIN failed to dampen the enthusiasm of thousands of singles who attended Shanghai's largest matchmaking event yesterday, in suburban Qingpu District....

'Super rice' top China draw for 2015 Milan Expo

French president signs gay marriage bill

All eyes on city culture offer

City intends to beef up pollution fight by issuing PM2.5 forecasts

SHANGHAI will start issuing PM2.5 forecasts later this year, initially offering 24-hour predictions before going to 48-hour forecasts, Zhang Quan, dir...

Scores of museums open for free today

MORE than 100 museums and memorial halls in the city will offer free admission today and tomorrow to celebrate International Museum Day, which is toda...

New payment option for taxis

SHANGHAI taxis will accept four new payment cards, including Unionpay's Quick Pass and Shanghai City Tour Card, beginning in July. About 12,000 ca...

Man jailed for raping and killing woman

Cabbie detained

Welcome home amigo!

Departing Taiwan investigators criticize Manila

TAIWANESE investigators have left the Philippines, expressing dissatisfaction with Manila's cooperation in probing the shooting death of a Taiwanese f...

Man held over bomb hoax calls

A MAN has been held in connection with a series of bomb hoax calls that affected flights in five Chinese cities, police in Yancheng City, in eastern J...

Hong Kong introduces its first electric taxis

H7N9 'higher potential' of human-to-human spread

TODAY IN HISTORY

China’s national soccer team lost a key World Cup qualifying game to Hong Kong on this day in 1985, ...

MAY

European car sales end losing streak

Home prices rise slower as tightening takes effect

NEW home prices continued to rally in most Chinese cities in April, although the pace slowed slightly, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterda...

5,000 city users to put 4G services to the test

LONG-AWAITED 4G services, which provide mobile users with Internet access 20 to 50 times faster than 3G network, make their debut in Shanghai next mon...

State Grid buys more Australian assets

U-turn on foreign firm incentives

Abe vows to bolster corporate investment

8th straight month of forex surplus

Gates retakes richest crown from Slim

Sohu eyes partner

Sina losses narrow

Design, fashion and architecture converge

2013-5-6

All albums

Bradley stays ahead, Guan exits

FORMER champion Keegan Bradley maintained a three-shot lead in Friday's second round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, after grinding...

Jamaicans hot in sprints as Li, Isinbayeva soar

JAMAICA dominated the sprints at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai last night, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warre...

Mourinho draws media flak after Copa final loss

THE day after Atletico Madrid ended 14 years of hurt to finally beat Real Madrid 2-1 and lift the Copa del Rey at the Santiago Bernabeu, the Spanish p...

Azarenka sets up Serena final in Rome

Phelps plots Rio Games comeback

In touch with humanity

N. Korea fires short-range missiles

NORTH Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast yesterday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was u...

Brothers held over school massacre threat

POLICE in eastern France yesterday arrested two brothers in their 20s whom they suspect of being behind an online threat to stage a mass killing at a ...

Japan and Iran movies tipped at Cannes

60 injured as US commuter trains crash

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Meeting with the ancients

TO most people, Luoyang in central China's Henan Province is just a transit hub en route to the Shaolin Temple on neighboring Songshan Mountain or a q...

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

CHINA'S biggest city and financial hub is known for designer boutiques and fine dining. Yet wallet-draining Shanghai also offers activities that cost ...

Putting the glamor back in flying

VIRGIN Atlantic's Country Manager, China, David Rose says top-notch service, in everything from movies to afternoon tea, is the key to the airline's p...

A day for sharing soybeans and forming ties

Top micro movies screened online

Calling for writers in residence

Three pianists play classics and jazz in French program

Celebrating 'mother of Chinese opera'

Oliver Stone to show up at local film festival again

US sprint hurdler has high hopes