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China says US must explain to the world

2013-6-18

CHINA yesterday demanded that Washington explain its monitoring programs to the international community. Several nations, including United States ...

China's home price rises continue to slow

NEW home prices continued to see slower rises in Chinese cities last month, according to official data released today. Of a statistical pool of 70 ma...

City No. 2 nationally for box office

Shanghai economy strong, inflation eases

Abuse by tourists led to stranded dolphin's death

Hottest June 17 on record has Shanghai sweltering

Court says food safety fines need no limits

THERE should be no upper limit on fines for those found guilty of producing poisonous or otherwise harmful food in the city, the Shanghai Higher Peopl...

Ambulance delays aggravated by heat

SUMMER heat is aggravating delays in the delivery of ambulance services, which already are lagging due to a shortage of first aid doctors and the city...

Water cut to 100 homes due to soaring usage

SOME 100 families in the Pudong New Area lost their tap water supply on Sunday night after water usage increased dramatically due to the hot weather, ...

Blood donation vehicles, outlets to return to popular locations

Subsidy up for 'green' buildings

Superman's computer won't even be this fast ...

A CHINESE supercomputer is the fastest in the world, according to survey results, comfortably overtaking a US machine which now ranks second. Tian...

Maradona scores win over use of his image

SOCCER superstar Diego Maradona won a 3 million yuan (US$490,000) lawsuit in Beijing yesterday against two Shanghai firms which used his name and imag...

7 nabbed in 174kg heroin

BORDER police in southwest China's Yunnan Province have busted a drug trafficking gang, confiscating over 174 kilograms of heroin and detaining seven ...

RCSC: No tolls for Taiwanese quake help

Abuse by tourists led to stranded dolphin's death

TODAY IN HISTORY

Chongqing became the country’s fourth municipality on this day in 1997. The other three municipaliti...

JUNE

Airbus and Boeing win order pledges for long-haul planes

AIRBUS and Boeing both won pledges for big purchases of long-haul, wide-body jets yesterday, as the Paris Air Show got off to a robust, if rainy start...

AVIC eyes prospects

THE Aviation Industry Corp of China will take part at the 2013 Paris Air Show under its theme "Merging into the global aviation industry chain" and se...

Thousands of requests for Apple

APPLE says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from US law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May. The company, li...

More new homes offered to fuel sales

Faster nod for QFII to tap capital market

Yuan at its highest in 3 weeks

Policy support pledged for city banks

Call for better cross-Strait logistics

Projectors roll as film festival opens

2013-6-16

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Murray eyes Wimbledon after Queen's success

ANDY Murray believes his third Queen's Club title will act as the perfect foundation to launch his latest bid to win Wimbledon. Murray hardly had ...

Beckham donates shirts, car for charity

DAVID Beckham began a seven day visit to China yesterday, sprinkling stardust at a charity event. The recently retired former England captain was ...

Easy for Spain, Balotelli fires Italy

ANDRES Iniesta repeated several times that Spain deserved its 2-1 victory over Uruguay in their Confederations Cup opener. The Spain midfielder ha...

Rose rises to world No. 3 after capturing US Open

Ginobili fires Spurs in Game 5

Royal baby estimated to give US$380m to UK economy

FROM Union Jack booties to "Born to Rule" sleepwear, the British royal family has joined retailers in offering baby products to mark the arrival of th...

EU, US to launch trade talks on a sweeping pact

TALKS on a sweeping trade deal between the European Union and the United States are to get underway in Washington next month, President Barack Obama a...

Head injury leaves Australian with French accent

AN Australian woman who now speaks with a French-sounding accent after a head injury eight years ago has revealed the experience has left her feeling ...

Iran's future leader calls for constructive interaction

China to hold strategic talks with North Korea

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Expats jump right in to Dragon Boat festivities

THE Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most colorful traditional holidays in China. Falling on June 12 this year, it was celebrated with various folk ...

'Gay' wives are anything but gay

SHANGHAIPRIDE week is underway and one of the thorny issues discussed is the problematic marriage of gay men to straight women. Yao Minji reports. ...

Spinning tales of handwoven cloth

TRADITIONAL handwoven cloth dates back more than 600 years in Chongming County and the new Handwoven Cloth Museum aims to preserve and promote it. ...

Biking lets you enjoy all the sights

'Spider Baby' so bad it's good

Tracing the ebbs and flows of history's tide

5 free things to do in serene, historic Kyoto

An adventurer's journey through aviation

Hongkou B&B plan sounds good, but execution is key

Cradle of arts and crafts