Retirements may be delayed to ease strain on city pension fund
By Jia Feishang | 2010-2-9
SHANGHAI plans to extend the retirement age for men and women to relieve pressure on its pension fund, this year's annual human resources and social s...
Shanghai land plot sets China cost record
A PARCEL of land sold at auction in downtown Shanghai yesterday became the most expensive piece of real estate in China. The 13,709-square-meter p...
China Eastern offers free airport shuttles
CHINA Eastern Airlines will run free buses to collect passengers from neighboring cities in the Yangtze River Delta to Shanghai airports, it said toda...
Cold snap ahead for weekend
AFTER today's balmy high of 19 degrees Celsius, temperatures will plummet to about 1 degree on Saturday morning, Shanghai weathermen said. Drizzle is...
Fine day for fishing? Find out soon
LOCAL fishing fans will soon get weather tips before setting out on trips as Shanghai weathermen plan to create a new fishing index, forecasting air...
Families cheat in race for cheap homes
His HK flat is small, but it's got it all
AS a youngster living in a tiny flat with six others in one of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong architect Gary Chang has been obse...
Workers head home for holidays on two wheels
INTREPID migrant workers have found a new way to beat the rush for train and bus tickets home - 100,000 of them are setting out on motorbikes from sou...
5,000 in Hubei die of work-related lung disease
NEARLY 5,000 workers from central China's Hubei Province have died from an occupational lung disease and more than 20,000 have contracted pneumoconi...
Stepfather arrested after boy, 2, beaten to death
Police seize suspects in extortion probe
TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1980, Quanjude, the world-famous Beijing restaurant serving Beijing duck, restored it...
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Banks urged to turn to syndicated loans
BANKS in Shanghai must prioritize syndicated loans worth more than 1 billion yuan (US$146 million) to cut risk concentration, the local regulator said...
CIC buys US$9.6b of US shares
CHINA Investment Corp, the country's sovereign wealth fund, bought US$9.6 billion worth of shares in 84 companies listed in the United States, includi...
Banks buoy up index for first time this week
Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract
Toyota halts some hybrid shipments,Prius recall looms
France too good for Scotland
MATHIEU Bastareaud scored his first two international tries to help France open its Six Nations campaign with an 18-9 away victory over Scotland on Su...
Carter's 48 points help Magic beat Hornets
VINCE Carter had a season-high 48 points to lead the Orlando Magic back from a 17-point second-half deficit to beat the New Orleans Hornets 123-117 ye...
Super Bowl is most watched TV show ever
THE New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-...
When the Saints go marching in ...
Avalanche kills 17 soldiers
AT least 17 Indian soldiers were killed when an avalanche smashed into a military training camp near the country's disputed border with Pakistan yeste...
Pakistani Taliban chief confirmed to be dead: TV
PAKISTANI officials and Taliban both confirmed the death of the Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, local TV channels reported today. Accor...
UN envoy arrives in DPRK for visit
A special envoy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) arrived in Pyongyang today. Upon arrival ...
'Dear John' bumps 'Avatar' with US$32.4M debut
Cruising 2010: More ships, better shows, water parks, single-cabins
CRUISING has weathered the economic downturn with flying colors. Most cruises are fully booked, more cruise ships are being launched, and they offer...
All that wild and woolly weather is part of global warming
DESPITE the record cold and snow in the Northern Hemisphere, global warming is here to stay, say climatologists. Extremes of weather - short-term me...
The art of interior dialogue
THE "Young Artists Show" at Leo Gallery features works of the emerging post-1980s generation. Nancy Zhang looks at two whose art shares an introspecti...
Football graft probe needs to net syndicate gamblers
RECENT reports about a sweeping anti-corruption cleanup in the dismally performing Chinese Football Association finally gave disaffected fans somethin...
You can't put a price on beauty of nature
MR Wang Yong, I have just returned from town where I enjoyed lunch with my good friend, Lowell Carlson, who is the editor of our local weekly news...
Running a company is like raising a pig
Helping Haiti recover before interest wanes
Mother springs to life in coffin
A MOURNING family was shocked when their mother knocked from inside her coffin just as her funeral was about t...
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Husband reports abducted wife a year later
A Baoshan District man has been charged for abducting another man's wife and selling her to his brother-in-law...
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