Two octogenarian women cheer as they reach the top of Sheshan Hill in Shanghai yesterday. ...

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CHINA has canceled a series of military contacts with the United States to protest against a planned multi-billion-dollar American arms sale to Taiwan. The Chinese Foreign Ministry yesterday said the American side...

Experts predict cut in mainland rates

ECONOMISTS expect an imminent interest-rate reduction by China's central bank to maintain steady domestic economic growth. The People's Bank of Ch...

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Shanghai supermarkets pull Cadbury products

SHANGHAI supermarkets have pulled Cadbury chocolate products off the shelves. The move was in response to a recall statement issued by the British...

Store cleared in deadly drop

SHANGHAI police yesterday cleared Marks & Spencer of any responsibility in a freak accident that caused a 24-year-old Indian man to fall to his death ...

Student runs get off on wrong foot

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CHINA'S young people should take advantage of the 2010 Shang...

Muslim meals on Expo's menu

ORGANIZERS of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo are making sure t...

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Stocks tumble amid Wall Street worries about credit markets and financial sector

THE misery worsened on Wall Street yesterday, with stocks piling on losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones ...

ADB helps green cause in China with launch of scheme

THE Asian Development Bank said yesterday it launched an 800-million-yuan (US$117 million) program to support financing of energy efficiency projects ...

Delay in maiden flight of ARJ21

Problems delay pipeline project

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Graft feared in deadly accidents

CHINESE investigators had found clues that corruption may be behind both last month's deadly mud-rock flow and nightclub fire, Huang Yi, the State Adm...

Nation's elders mark Seniors Day

AT 114 years old, He Wenzhang can still read the newspaper, with the help of a magnifying glass and the assistance of his son, if there are words that...

Quake hit Tibet's most vulnerable

New body aims to turn the tide of water needs

October 8

On this day in 1949, the People's Republic of China published the first set of stamps in its history to celebrate the opening of the First Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. The set, which was made up of four stamps, was published by the Shanghai-based Commercial Press.

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HAL moves in to help others

A ROBOTIC suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for US$2,200 a month from Friday - ...

Woman dies in Thai violence

AT least one person was killed and more than 350 injured in violent clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators in the Thai capital of Ba...

Nepal child goddess anointed despite ban

Physics Nobel for unraveling atom

Penguins are released by environmentalists at Cassino Beach, Brazil, last Saturday, having...

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Milan lands easy UEFA Cup draw

SEVEN-TIME European champion AC Milan was handed a comfortable UEFA Cup assignment yesterday when it was drawn with Heerenveen, Braga, Portsmouth and ...

Piepoli, Schumacher test positive for blood doping

STAGE winners Leonardo Piepoli of Italy and Stefan Schumacher of Germany tested positive for doping from blood samples taken during this year's Tour d...

F1 shuts out North America for 2009

Klitschko bemused by angry Peter

Tampa Bay Rays’ Jonny Gomes (center) leads the cheers after the 6-2 win over the White Sox...

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The passionate mom dedicated to empowering kids

DETERMINED to help her son battle the debilitating effects of cerebral palsy, Gao Yali spent years traveling around China, baby in arms, searching for...

Injecting new life into TCM

EXPONENTS and devotees of traditional Chinese medicine rue the fact that it is being swallowed up by Western medicine. But perhaps the best TCM doctor...

Double exposure - 30 years of striking change

Mama Mia! Expats take on Italian tunes

Students and teachers from British International School Shanghai form the Olympic five-rin...

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Fixing the China football fiasco

CHINA'S football officialdom is again facing a Catch-22. After it penalized Wuhan Guanggu Football Club's player Li Weifeng for a barbaric foul, ...

Small fry leap into market frying pan and become stir-fry

"I have nothing to say," said Mr Wang, a retail investor, when asked about on the performance of the current stock market, in which this retiree has p...

Problem-laden bailout only port in this storm

Masses gladly coopted into toxic consumer culture that kills

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Overweight dolphins going on a diet in Japan

DOLPHINS at a Japanese marine park are going on a low fat diet after developing pot bellies and failing to loo...

Woman named Bacon hollers her way to hog-calling championship

JOLEE Bacon really sizzles when it comes to hog-calling. The northern Idaho woman took first place Saturd...

‘Sex pill’ burglar nabbed in Shaanxi

A SUSPECTED burglar caught recently in Shaanxi Province had a habit of taking sex pills in order to be more en...