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At least 30 people die in a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Damxung County in Lhasa, cap...

Cabinet to swoop on chaotic dairy industry

2008-10-7

CALLING China's diary production and circulation "chaotic" and admitting government supervision "gravely absent," China's Cabinet will overhaul the nation's diary industry. The State Council held an executive...

At least 30 killed as quake rocks Tibet

AT least 30 people were killed in a 6.6-magnitude earthquake yesterday afternoon that hit a county in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. ...

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Metro news

Man falls to his death in store's atrium

A 24-YEAR-Old Indian man fell to his death from the fourth floor of the newly opened Marks & Spencer outlet in Shanghai on Sunday evening. The cu...

Seniors say it's OK being gray

SHANGHAI'S senior citizens are generally satisfied with their lives, according to a recent survey. The main complaint of the elderly is that their...

Birth of a nation, rebirth of aging faces

Cool rides, more train cars set for city Metro

Expo Memo

Pier Work Begins

CONSTRUCTION began yesterday on the first ferry pier in the ...

Giant 'horns' set to soak up sunshine on Expo Boulevard

CONSTRUCTION began yesterday on the most difficult part of t...

‘Sunny Valley’ Expo project begins

CONSTRUCTION began today on the most difficult part of Expo ...

Business news

Cascade of selling around the world hits Wall Street

WALL Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair yesterday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ev...

Sales bolster city's economy

SHANGHAI'S retail sales in the first eight months increased 17.2 percent from a year ago while trade and investment also managed to expand despite a w...

Issue of medium-term notes gets green light

China Mobile eases into 3G switch

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National news

Deadly landslide inquiry begins

THE State Council, China's Cabinet, has launched an investigation into a landslide that killed 44 people in Shanxi Province in August. Human error...

Taiwan court hears of hiding key documents

TAIWAN'S former intelligence chief Yeh Sheng-mao was detained after appearing at a court hearing yesterday morning. The court is hearing charges that ...

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Mao's former plane up for sale

October 7

On this day in 1993, the first Shanghai International Film Festival was held in the city. It was the first international feature film festival in China. Film directors, actors and producers from more than 30 countries and regions took part in the festival. The film “Hill of No Return” by Taiwan director T'ung Wang won the Golden Cup Prize.

World news

Big quake in Central Asia kills at least 72

A POWERFUL earthquake struck the mountains of Central Asia, destroying a village in Kyrgyzstan and killing at least 72 people, emergency officials sai...

Swiss smash US$1b smuggling ring

SWITZERLAND'S top prosecutor charged 10 people with laundering more than US$1 billion dollars during a decade-long cigarette smuggling operation, Swis...

Nobel honors AIDS, cancer work

Ask beckons surfers to site

Businessmen look at a model of the Nakheel Harbour and Tower project in Dubai, which is se...

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Sport news

BMW sticks with current drivers

BMW Sauber has decided to stick with existing drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld for next season's Formula One campaign, the team announced yeste...

Footballer jailed over crash death of teenagers

FORMER Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick was jailed for seven years and four months yesterday after he admitted causing the deaths of two youn...

Raul brace in vain as Real held by Espanyol

The 'Race to Dubai' begins in Shanghai

Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta (center) scores from the penalty spot during the English P...

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Feature

Aging, gaily and gracefully

FRANK Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely...

Cupping it hot and sweet for health and happiness

THIS won't hurt, much. This is just a love bruise from a session of TCM "fire cupping" and it will help drive out pathogenic damp, cold and relieve so...