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Li in vow to strengthen relations with Pakistan

2013-5-23

CHINESE Premier Li Keqiang vowed to strengthen his country's partnership with Pakistan as he arrived in Islamabad yesterday for a two-day state visit....

Foreign investors sending more money to Shanghai

FOREIGN direct investment in Shanghai grew 14.9 percent from a year earlier to US$1.6 billion in April, a four-month high in terms of value due to the...

More girls taking up smoking, study finds

Wealthy flocking to Hong Kong art show

Li in vow to strengthen relations with Pakistan

PM2.5 emerging as major pollutant in city

THE PM2.5 particles are becoming a major pollutant in the city, surpassing former culprits like sulfur and nitrogen dioxides, Shanghai officials said ...

Scientists make new H7N9 claim

SCIENTISTS at Fudan University claimed yesterday that the H7N9 bird flu virus originated from poultry or wild bird in eastern China instead of the pre...

Netizens slam 100-yuan fine to 2 foreigners for peeing on road

TWO of the six foreigners who were pictured urinating on an elevated highway in downtown Shanghai in March have been identified and fined 100 yuan (US...

Shanghai to probe textile firm over silk quilt row

Metro, maglev ride made easier

North Korean envoy sent to Beijing

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a special envoy to China yesterday, the latest sign that Pyongyang may be giving diplomacy a chance. The trip...

Man held after kids attacked

A MAN was caught yesterday after he attacked and injured six students and a female parent with a knife at an elementary school on Tuesday, according t...

Post office demolished

DISCIPLINE watchdogs in Nanjing City are investigating a case in which a post office was demolished by "mistake." Officials with the post office ...

Man confesses to killing female taxi driver 18 years ago

6 charged with blackmail

TODAY IN HISTORY

China Minsheng Bank was formed on this day in 1995. It is the first national commercial bank with pr...

MAY

Microsoft hopes to dominate with new Xbox One console

MICROSOFT Corp has unveiled the "Xbox One," its first new gaming console in eight years, and its strongest push so far to dominate consumers' living r...

SOEs' profits rise 5.3% to US$111.1b

PROFITS at China's state-owned enterprises grew 5.3 percent from a year earlier to 689.1 billion yuan (US$111.1 billion) in the first four months of t...

Talks on solving solar panel trade spat fail

FIRST-ROUND negotiations to ease the current solar panel trade spat between China and the European Union by agreeing on the export price of the produc...

Wuxi Suntech's local creditors claim US$2.5b

Daughter named to take reins at New Hope Liuhe

Windows Azure set to launch

Apple's grilling may tilt Congress to fix US tax code

Chinese firm is among suitors keen to buy Fisker

Temasek lifts ICBC stake as Goldman exits

Design, fashion and architecture converge

2013-5-6

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Bruins 3-0 up on Rangers, Sharks tie it

IT took 40 years for Boston and New York to face off again in the National Hockey League playoffs, and now it looks like being over in a hurry, as the...

City awaits as Pellegrini ends tenure at Malaga

MALAGA coach Manuel Pellegrini has announced that he will leave the La Liga side at the end of the season, a club spokesman said yesterday. The Ch...

Guangzhou tops Mariners to join Kashiwa in quarters

CHINESE Super League champion Guangzhou Evergrande marched into the AFC Champions League quarterfinals and underlined its strong title credentials wit...

Garcia seeks Tiger talks to defuse race row

Spurs blow late lead, top Grizzlies

Oklahoma begins painful task of rebuilding after deadly tornado

RESIDENTS began returning home to their flattened Oklahoma town after a giant tornado killed at least 24 people, destroyed countless homes and reduced...

IRA suspect charged with 1982 attack in London

BRITISH prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old Irishman with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982, a strike...

PM calls for calm after rioting in Stockholm

RIOTING spread across Stockholm's suburbs early yesterday in the third night of unrest to hit the Swedish capital, as Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt...

Lawyers: Cleveland kidnap victims doing well

World's speediest face transplant saves man's life

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Runs for adults and children at Gucun Park on June 1

WHEN Michael Morris came to Shanghai from England in April 2012, the running enthusiast found it difficult to meet and greet the city's running commun...

Opera about famous Shanghai tailors

AN original opera about a famous tailor group in Shanghai, "Hong Bang Tailors," will recall stories of old Shanghai and the first Western suits or Sun...

Seniors help older seniors in Chatting Team

THE founder of an elders volunteer group helping lonely seniors says, "Our job is like giving roses to others - the fragrance lingers for you." Qu Zhi...

High fliers take to the skies

Luminous mannequins tell tales

An immortal who did good, liked ladies and wine

Documentary looks at Chinese boxers

Chardonnay debate: France vs California

To be young, gifted and black

The genius of making real Napoli pizza