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1. As radiation leaks from a tsunami-hit nuclear plant in Japan in March, Shanghai residents buy most of the city's stocks of table salt in the belief it will reduce the effects of radiation.

2. The Shanghai Disneyland project gets under way on April 8.

3. In a major local food safety scandal in April, buns on sale at supermarkets are found to be made from recycled ingredients.

4. Shanghai suffers serious air pollution in May and November.

5. The Shanghai-Beijing high-speed rail service opens on July 1, but is marred by a string of glitches, causing massive delays.

6. Injury-hit NBA superstar Yao Ming announces his retirement from basketball in Shanghai, his hometown, on July 22.

7. The sixth national census shows Shanghai's population exceeds 23 million.

8. More than 200 people are injured in a Metro Line 10 rear-end collision on September 27.

9. The cost of a car license plate hits a 46-month high of 54,000 yuan (US$8,526) at the October monthly auction.

10. China's new social security law requires expats in Shanghai to begin paying into the social insurance system, starting from October 15.



 

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