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Shanghai's economy stays on right track

By Wang Yanlin | 2010-3-16

SHANGHAI last month consolidated the grounds for a solid economic recovery, with consumer prices undergoing a mild growth acceleration, investments re...

Thai protesters take a bloody stand

THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, backed by the military, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament yesterday as tens of thousands of red-shir...

Bizarre twist in tragic tiger tale

Google still in talks despite closure rumors

Metro checks go system-wide

Consumers' Rights Day shines light on rip-offs

LOCAL prosecutors have charged 32 suspects involved in 25 cases of producing and selling counterfeits in the last week. The cases involved a tot...

Researchers find downside to hand washes

WATCH out: washing your hands frequently may have a downside. Scientists have discovered that a type of bacteria widely existing on the surface ...

Metro checks go system-wide

WELL-BOTTLED Chinese spirit and tightly sealed spray cans in reasonable amounts can be taken on the Metros, city police told commuters yesterday, the ...

10 pandas are gaining weight fast

City tours to Bangkok canceled

Healthy sign

Sudden snow causes disruptions

SNOWSTORMS forced the closure of many highways and roads in northeast Chinese yesterday, bringing down temperatures just as people were expecting warm...

Vehicle makers told to lift game

CHINA is urging its auto makers to upgrade quality and set up accountable recall systems to handle defects, amid growing awareness of such issues foll...

40% in survey say they can't get satisfaction

Online accusation of graft stirs row

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1988, the film "Last Emperor," which as jointly made by Chinese, British and Italian ...

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Doubts hit new home sales

NEW home sales in Shanghai continued to be sluggish in the first two weeks of this month amid low supply as real estate developers are uncertain of th...

Stake sale to help in trial run

CITIC Securities Co plans to sell part of its stakes in two subsidiaries to comply with regulatory requirements, and the stake sale will pave the way ...

VW eyes facility set-up in south China

GERMAN car maker Volkswagen AG is considering setting up a new production base in Guangdong Province to boost sales and raise market share in south Ch...

No word yet on banks role in index futures

HP says sorry to Chinese laptop owners

Oil settles below US$80 as demand worries persist

Toyota casts doubt on 'runaway' Prius claim

Els finds form, ends dry spell

ERNIE Els ended the longest drought of his career by winning the CA Championship at Doral on Sunday in Florida, in a duel with South African protege C...

Tamgho seals record jump

AT 20, Teddy Tamgho already was something of a triple jump historian. Now, he is part of it. The Frenchman set a world record of 17.90 meters to w...

Becks' World Cup dream in tatters

DAVID Beckham left Milan on a flight to Finland yesterday for surgery on his torn left Achilles' tendon, an injury likely to keep him out of the World...

Dull opener fuels call for rule changes

Zheng outlasts Sharapova but Federer toughs it out

Poland presents its Black Hawk

THE first Black Hawk S-70i military helicopter to be made outside the United States was unveiled in Poland yesterday at a plant that once serviced Naz...

Study finds greenhouse gas levels up despite slowdown

LEVELS of the main greenhouse gas in the atmosphere have risen to new highs in 2010 despite an economic slowdown in many nations that braked industria...

Shiite group insists British captive was treated well

A SHIITE extremist group yesterday discounted claims from its former hostage that he was mistreated, presenting a video taken during his two-and-a-hal...

Israel told to cancel disputed homes plan

UN leader pledges help for homeless Haitians in camps

Travel | Film and TV | Events | Health

Running for thrills, health, love

EVERY morning, 23-year-old Jiang Chengcheng, a former professional runner, takes to the road with group of seniors on her campus, East China Normal Un...

Growing mushrooms with biotech

WHAT pops up in your mind when you see the Chinese word juncao? Probably nothing too much apart from it seeming exotic. However, for many poor far...

Son grows under painter dad's brushstrokes

YOUNG artist Nan Fang has only focused on one subject, his cute son, since the boy was born, and an exhibition featuring 30 of his art pieces is curre...

Ink-wash pioneer turns on tradition to find new style

Ladies: No tight pants or undies

In her own style

Metal sculpture shows Buddhism influence

Chinese perspectives | Foreign perspectives

No place in cities, no home on the range

LACKING education, resentful of urbanites' stares, indifferent to farmland and longing for a decent life in cities, the "second generation" migrant fa...

Economic crisis and butterfly effect

FEW economists predicted the current economic crisis, and there is little agreement among them about its ultimate causes. So, not surprisingly, econom...

Fireworks blaze sheds light on scandal and cleanup challenge

Reforming public hospital system

Barefoot docs and naked truth of health care