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Marlon Jackson with the Jackson family speaks during the memorial service for Michael Jack...
Hu returns ahead of schedule due to Xinjiang situation
2009-7-8
CHINESE President Hu Jintao cut short his stay in Italy after concluding a state visit to the country and left for home early today due to the situation in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. State...
Poignant service says goodbye to M.J., the man
MICHAEL Jackson was an entertainment phenomenon both triumphant and troubled, a dazzling performer who transcended barriers, transformed the music wor...
Metro news
Signal unit puts Line 7 to test
TRAINS on Line 7, the city's next Metro stretch to be opened in phases, may experience similar short breakdowns that occurred recently on Line 8. ...
11 held over sordid case of abduction
ELEVEN suspects from Shanghai and northwestern China's Shaanxi Province were in custody over the abduction of three young women who were forced into ...
Autopsy ordered on bridge bus driver
Road strategy has connecting point
Expo sees the light on historic chimney
AN old chimney of Shanghai's century-old power plant will be...
US pavilion fund raising on target
AT last it's official - the United States will sign a partic...
World Expo 2010 exhibit amazes Beijing residents
HIGH-RANKING government officials and Beijing residents visi...
Business news
City market drops 2.17% in morning
SHANGHAI'S key stock index tumbled more than 2 percent in the morning session on concerns government will tighten lending after explosive loans in the...
Consumer confidence grows
SHANGHAI'S consumer confidence in the second quarter expanded into positive territory after two quarters in the negative, reflecting the improving eco...
Shenzhen firm world leader in BTS
Sales of used properties top 2008's total
National news
Discord said to be incited from abroad
SUNDAY'S violence in Urumqi - "evil killing, fire setting and looting" - was orchestrated from abroad, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yester...
144 dead, 26 missing as rain, floods continue on mainland
FLOODS had caused 144 deaths, with 26 still missing, in China this year up to yesterday, figures from the country's Office of State Flood Control an...
Heads roll in wake of ethnic exam tinkering
Toy production back on track
July 8
China established a satellite communications system that covers the entire country on this day in 1986. Five communications satellites were launched from 1984 to 1986. The satellites allowed phone calls to made anywhere in the country.
World news
Fill in the Atlantic's black spots - Sarkozy
FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy denounced "black holes" in air traffic controls yesterday and said officials are working out ways to avoid surveilla...
Obama seeks Russia's 'partnership'
WORKING to turn Russia from antagonist to ally, United States President Barack Obama asked the Russian people yesterday to "forge a lasting partnershi...
Ousted Zelaya asks Clinton for assistance
EU states fail to stop child trade
"Slumdog Millionaire" child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail plays with a mobile phone at h...
Sports news
Yao may feed aid to toothless Sharks team
WITH his career threatened by a foot injury, basketball superstar Yao Ming may be looking to open a new chapter in his life - as one of the owners of ...
Huge first inning powers Phillies
BLOOPERS dropped in, grounders found holes and several balls flew out of the park. Once the Philadelphia Phillies put their bats down, the Cincinn...
Report: Players calling on LPGA boss to resign
Amritraj, Dent stay on track
Astana team riders cycle during the 39-kilometer team time-trial for the fourth stage of t...
Feature
Revamped Saturday Evening Post still takes pulse of America
THE Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell an American icon and showcased some of the greates...
Monkey King vs Kung Fu Panda?
CHINA'S animation industry, though highly creative, is struggling to come up with a cartoon superhero beloved worldwide. Like Hollywood's Kung Fu Pand...
'Tender China' - French lensman cherishes the ordinary people
Game's on to get college tennis slot
All in a row and pretty in pink: A party of children sample the cup cakes and sweet delica...
Opinion
Our obsession with cars and the social 'pressure differential'
ACCORDING to experts, it was yali cha (pressure differential) that toppled a 13-story building in Minhang District on June 27. Yali cha is quickl...
Winning consumers by allowing give-backs
AS American auto makers struggle for survival, South Korea's Hyundai Motor appears to be gaining on the pack with bold marketing and broad-based initi...
You can't wish away the genie of US debt
G8 leaders must act on climate change, poverty and hunger
ODDLY enough
Husband, wife win at pit spitting in US
A husband and wife are tops at this year's International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship. Rick "Pellet Gu...
Under-bite helps Pabst become World's Ugliest Dog
A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner. The winner of the Wo...
Australia coach fines himself over drunken episode
AN Australian rugby coach fined himself 10,000 Australian dollars (US$8,120) Saturday after a drunken escapade...
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2009-7-10 ~ 2009-7-12 | Grand Gateway
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2009-7-8 ~ 2009-7-14 | City Plaza
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2009-7-2 ~ 2009-8-12 | Super Brand Mall
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009-7-4--2009-7-19
Yonghua Cinema
Peace Cinema
Shanghai Stellar Cinema City
Hengshan Cinema
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams and Robin Williams. Larry sneaks into the Smithsonian ...
The Deer & the Cauldron
2009-7-7--2009-7-12
Shanghai Drama Arts Theater
Adapted from martial arts novelist Louis Cha¡¯s classic of the same name, the comedy centers aroun...
- Cats @ Majestic Theater
- Hottest Comedian @ Majestic Theater
- ATP Masters 1000 @ Qizhong Tennis Center
- Light Comedy @ Drama Theater, Shanghai Grand Theater
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