China, India in pledge to resolve border dispute

2013-5-21

THE Chinese and Indian premiers yesterday pledged to resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two ...


Million yuan for men wrongly jailed

AN uncle and his nephew, wrongly imprisoned for rape and murder in 2004, have been awarded about 1.1 million yuan (US$180,000) each in compensation. ...


86 die in wave of bombings across Iraq


Ex-top banker expelled from Party


Couples flock to marriage centers

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The Shanghai government may allow some wet markets to resume live poultry business in June or July now that the threat of the deadly H7N9 bird flu is fading. What is your view on the issue?

More time is needed to make sure that live poultry is safe for consumers.
That’s good. Chicken slaughtered at the market tastes better than frozen meat.
Live poultry is ok so long as market supervision is strictly enforced.

Landmark cathedral will close for renovations

THE century-old Xujiahui Cathedral will undergo renovations beginning in July to restore the historic look of one of the city's most iconic buildings,...


Auspicious dates filled with meaning

DATES with an auspicious meaning have become a popular choice for marriage registrations. The city's daily record for marriage registrations was ...


Police urge hotels to register guest IDs

CITY police are asking small hotels and chains to record the IDs of all guests as it can help them catch criminal suspects. Police said all hotels...


Air purifiers perform poorly in tests


Wheels fall off free bike rental program

Line 6 to add two new trains

Baby dies after decision to stop treatment

13 killed as blast flattens factory


Chen mixes things up with release of 1st album

FANS know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through...


Death sentence for loans fraud

A BUSINESSWOMAN in east China has been sentenced to death for defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on the informal financing that ...


Hundreds of tons of NZ meat stranded


Officials eat poultry to restore confidence

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Danone invests in 2 deals in China

FRENCH food and beverage group Danone will invest 2.6 billion yuan (US$417 million) in two deals to strengthen its presence in China and tap the huge ...


New home sales decline below threshold but average cost climbs

NEW home sales in Shanghai fell below the 200,000 square-meter level last week while solid sales of mid to high-end houses lifted the average cost of ...


Baosteel to cut capacity by 30% in Shanghai

BAOSTEEL Group Corp has started piling work for the No. 1 blast furnace of its Guangdong-based Zhanjiang plant, seen as a "key battlefield" as it bids...


Asia set to gain from mobile revolution


Tri-Ring to buy Polish bearings maker


Tingyi posts 47.4% drop in Q1 net profit


EU, China step up joint innovation projects

China seen as competitive in 2013

Yuan hits high end of central parity rate

Zhang wins, historic first for Chinese Taipei

CHINESE Taipei claimed an historic first world title as the pairing of Chuang Chih-Yuan and Chen Chien-An won the men's doubles at the table tennis Wo...


McDowell moves up in rankings with victory

GRAEME McDowell is up to seventh in the world rankings after his victory in the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria on Sunday. The Northern Iris...


Spurs race ahead with Grizzlies win

THE San Antonio Spurs drained 14 three-pointers in a convincing 105-83 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Sunday's opening game of the NBA's Western Co...


Indonesia in Sudirman quarterfinals


Arsenal secures Champions spot

Gunman shoots 4 dead at Israel bank, kills self

A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba yesterday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killin...


Death toll from tornado hitting U.S. Oklahoma city rises to 37

AT least 37 people were killed and many others were wounded when a storm with a massive tornado struck an area outside the U.S. city of Oklahoma on Mo...


Philippines rejects joint probe but offers 'coordinated efforts'

THE Philippines said yesterday that it would make "coordinated efforts" with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but sto...


N. Korea fires sixth missile in three days


Tornadoes slam central US, killing 2 people in Oklahoma

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Kiwi reflects on startling Shanghai contrasts

BEFORE I left for Shanghai in March, people's comments to me generally fell into two camps. The first kept pointing out that, at 5-foot, 9 inches I mi...

Luminous mannequins tell tales

VISITORS can touch, embrace and talk to a group of phosphorescent mannequins, who respond in Chinese and tell their stories in an interactive installa...


Pitiful plight of Gilbert, a GROWING piglet

GILBERT, a four-month-old, seven-kilogram piglet, is nestled on a sofa, intently watching television next to his owner Alex Hao, who has tied a red ri...


Kiwi rite of passage in China


Bands get down and dirty digs

Meeting with the ancients

City aims to turn industrial sites into tourism hotspots

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

Center promotes Chinese comics

Putting the glamor back in flying

More lanes, roads and public transit fail to fix traffic congestion

TRAFFIC delays prompt most drivers to think about how they can circumvent the gridlock. In a working paper titled "Speed," Wharton real estate pr...


IP regime benefits US monopolies

THE US Supreme Court recently began deliberations in a case that highlights a deeply problematic issue concerning intellectual property rights. T...


Bad criminal law treats child victims as prostitutes

THE cause celebre these days is the molestation case involving a primary school headmaster, a government clerk, and six schoolgirls in Wanning County,...


New offshore yuan products to relax currency flow


Autoshow puts muffler on hedonism

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Japan pop star's arrest inspires 'naked' T-shirts

WHAT'S wrong with being naked? That's what a Japanese TV star asked police who arrested him for public ind...

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