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Longest, widest tunnels to ease city traffic jams

By Dong Zhen | 2012-5-17

CHOKING traffic jams troubling southern downtown's Xinzhuang area and some northern districts are expected to be greatly eased after two new tunnels a...

Free admission to museums

ALMOST all the museums in Shanghai will be open free of charge from tomorrow through Sunday to commemorate International Museum Day. The 91 museum...

1 diamond, 500 years of history

China welcomes decision on Japan's claim

Thumbs-up from Mladic as he faces genocide charges

Cleaning up as fishing ban begins

Held in low esteem, skilled workers needed

AS a graduate of Tongji University's School of Automotive Studies, Fu Tao felt embarrassed to work in an auto workshop in his deep-blue work uniform,...

Thefts reveal lax hotel security

THREE luxury hotels in Shanghai were told to improve their security during a court hearing yesterday when a man was charged with thefts totaling 230,0...

Disease hits kids at much higher levels this year

THE prevalence of children with hand, foot and mouth disease in the city is much higher this year than last, and the cases are more critical, doctors ...

Faster broadband service on way

Longest, widest tunnels to ease city traffic jams

City's CPC session to have greater diversity

Parents get back baby they left in park

Cleaning up as fishing ban begins

Teacher injured saving students improving

ZHANG Lili, a 29-year-old teacher who lost both legs after shielding students from an out-of-control bus last week, regained consciousness and could c...

Futuristic building ready for national TV

THE futuristic building - with two leaning towers linked with a 90-degree twist at the top - has attracted much controversy since the design debuted a...

Would you qualify as a white-collar worker?

First round of maritime talks

TODAY IN HISTORY

China’s first polar exploration ship came returned to Qingdao in Shandong Province on this day in 19...

MAY

Carving a fair share of the China market

Study on loan volatility but loan ratio stays

THE China Banking Regulatory Commission will study the reasons why new lending is volatile, but does not plan to make changes to the loan-to-deposit r...

Net lending by big-4 Chinese banks almost zero

COMBINED net lending for China's four biggest banks was almost zero in the first two weeks of May, while deposits fell by about 200 billion yuan (US$3...

China Mobile and Apple talk 4G iPhone launch

PetroChina and partners in LNG deal

HK willing to promote worldwide use of the yuan

China's US$5.8b subsidy scheme to boost consumption

Michael Kors flagship set for Shanghai

Sina eyes money out of Weibo

Art HK draws collectors in test of demand

Russia holds Victory Day parade in Red Square

2012-5-9

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In-form Federer off to a flying start in Rome

FRESH off a title in Madrid and back up to No. 2 in the rankings, Roger Federer showed off his strong form with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Carlos Berlocq of ...

Probe into crowd trouble as Hertha gets relegated

THE German football association (DFB) yesterday launched an investigation into the crowd-marred second leg of the relegation playoff between Bundeslig...

Bosh-less Miami feels the Heat against Pacers

WITHOUT Chris Bosh, championship favorite Miami suddenly looked vulnerable as it suffered an upset defeat to the Indiana Pacers, while the West's top ...

Unstoppable Kings whip Coyotes, races to 2-0 lead

Chen stars in Orioles' big 5-2 win over NY

Baron Cohen on camel, whimsical 'Kingdom' make splash at Cannes

THE sunbaked Cannes Film Festival got under way with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," whose carefully composed whimsy stood in stark contrast to the...

'Black box' of doomed Russian jet found

INDONESIAN special forces have found the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that smashed into the side of a volcano, killing 45 peopl...

Fijian pageant fiasco mixes race, ethics

FIRST came complaints that the winner of the Miss World Fiji pageant looked too Western to represent her country. Then her age came under scrutiny. An...

Thumbs-up from Mladic as he faces genocide charges

Obamas worth up to US$8 million

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Salon broadens young women's horizons

YOUNG women in the suburbs often have nothing to do in their free time due to a lack of entertainment facilities. A new club in Shanghai's Pujiang are...

Consumers, experts differ on wine ratings

LOOKING for a good bottle of Merlot, Pinot Grigio or Bordeaux? Ratings by experts may help narrow the choice but do they really make a difference? ...

Seasonal approach proves fruitful

FRUIT is a girl's best friend in the never-ending pursuit of beauty. Apart from being rich in vitamins for perfect skin, fruit is also highly nutrit...

Girl meets boy in dreamy Peony Pavilion love affair

Opera star's one-man show about brothers

My Chinese lessons with 'Cupid' teacher

On the trail of the perfect pigs' knuckles in Fengjing

Chinese perspectives | Foreign perspectives

Will China's growth model only cause consumption to decline?

EDITOR'S note: Michael Pettis is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a finance professor at Peking Universit...

Foreign insurers poised for wider China market entry

CHINA, already the largest automotive market by annual volume, had 100 million vehicles on the road last year, and that number is expected to expand b...