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Improving economy, legal system, people's lives listed as major goals

By Wang Yanlin | 2012-5-19

STEADY economic growth, bettering people's livelihoods and growing wealth, improving the legal system, and better management of Party affairs are amon...

Major initiatives

- Adjusting economic structure... Lift the added value of tertiary industries to 65 percent of Shanghai's gross domestic product. A new industria...

Delegates form a diverse lot

Greece tops G8 agenda as eurozone crisis snares Spain

Shanghai lags in pay rise, trend report says

Improving economy, legal system, people's lives listed as major goals

Police watching for sex harassment on Metro

MORE undercover police agents are on patrol on the city's Metro system to protect female passengers from sexual harassment, which police said usually...

Watermelons safe to eat, officials say

WATERMELONS sold at the city are safe to eat, Shanghai's agricultural authorities said yesterday in response to online accusations that Chinese grower...

Young kids in Shanghai study more, play less

LOCAL primary school students spend the least amount of time on outdoor activity but the longest time on homework, compared with students in other maj...

Drizzly and cooler over the weekend

Fire officials act

Foreigners helped

Bringing Shaoxing closer ...

Section of Great Wall destroyed for factory

THE destruction of a section of the Great Wall for the purpose of constructing a factory on the site in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has trigger...

Fugitive in rape on train to Moscow gets life term

A FUGITIVE who raped a woman on a train between Beijing and Moscow 19 years ago, and who also took part in 13 robberies in Russia, was sentenced to li...

2.75m yuan donated to teacher who saved kids

Some crew of hijacked ships released

TODAY IN HISTORY

The main structure of the Three Gorges Dam was built today in 2006. The hydroelectric dam on the Yan...

MAY

FB loses fizz after soaring on debut

FACEBOOK Inc shares fizzled on their first day of trade on the Nasdaq, erasing early gains of as much as 18 percent to trade close to their initial pu...

Q2 growth could slow down to 7.5%, China think-thank claims

CHINA'S economic growth may weaken this quarter to the slowest in three years mainly due to the curbs on the property sector and weak external demand,...

Tencent's business to be cut into six groups

TENCENT, China's largest Internet company in terms of user base and market capitalization, yesterday announced plans for a business restructuring - di...

China blasts 'unfair' US solar anti-dumping move

Graff to open Shanghai outlet this year

Users sue Facebook over privacy concerns

Index falls, losing 2.1% for week

Greek exit fuels euro fears

Big cat prowling the world’s oceans

2012-5-18

All albums

Lakers steal Thunder as 76ers level Celtics series

KOBE Bryant refused to let a second successive game slip through his fingers as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 99-96 in a cliff...

Ren retains flyweight world title

REN Cancan of China emerged victorious in the flyweight final while Ireland's Katie Taylor won a fourth consecutive title in the lightweight category ...

Li toils but Serena gets easy passage to semis

SERENA Williams enjoyed an easy passage into the semifinals of the Italian Open in Rome yesterday when her opponent Flavia Pennetta retired with a rig...

Pacers in surprise 2-1 lead over Heat, Spurs clip Clippers

With 3-0 lead, Kings on the brink of Cup final

Greece tops G8 agenda as eurozone crisis snares Spain

FEARS that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama met other G8 leaders for crisis talks...

'Madagascar' mines Europe's stereotypes at Cannes festival

THE joke is on Europe, and in particular France, with the third animated "Madagascar" adventure, which has its world premiere at the Cannes film bring...

Ground zero museum delay dismays 9/11 families

THEY were promised a place to mourn their loved ones, display their photographs and educate people about exactly what was lost on 9/11. But today, fam...

Larry King to launch digital talk show

Bus plunges 18m into river, 34 die

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Kids, Boys unite for ultimate adolescent show

BACKSTREET'S back. All right? It's been tentatively announced that millennium-era boy band the Backstreet Boys, who visited Shanghai not long ago,...

Signing up for collective kindness

ONCE considered a pastime of the rich and famous, charity work is booming in China as ordinary people roll up their sleeves or go online to help othe...

Stone set for Shanghai gig, barefoot

KNOWN for her deep throaty voice, soulful renditions and barefoot performances, Joss Stone's first concert in Shanghai will feature a big selection of...

Orchestra of soloists in town on birthday tour

Thibaudet searches for new meaning in music

The foundations for a new future

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