THE city will add a new shuttle bus to connect Hongqiao Airport with the nearest Metro station to offer more convenient travel choices for arriving air passengers, the Shanghai Urban Transport Management Bureau officials...

WOMEN can make a great difference to the economy and the development of society, representatives to the first Women's Forum Asia agreed yesterday. The three-day forum, which began yesterday at the Pudong Shangri-la...

ANOTHER 55 tourists managed to make contact with Shanghai yesterday but there were still 25 tourists unaccounted for, the Shanghai Tourism Administrative Commission said. A group of 29 organized by the Spring International...

RETAILERS may face up to a 10,000-yuan (US$1,430) fine if they offer customers plastic bags for free, according to the new rule that takes effect on June 1. Retailers are also banned from selling plastic bags...

WHILE a growing number of Chinese real estate companies, especially small and medium-sized ones, are facing heavier financial pressure, the overall picture of the industry still remains optimistic, developers told...

SHANGHAI'S key stock index fell for a second-straight day today, led by utilities on concern the nation's deadliest earthquake since 1976 will reduce sales after damaging plants. The Shanghai Composite Index,...

SHANGHAI'S Civil Affairs Bureau, Red Cross Society and other charities have collected a total of 396 million yuan (US$56.58 million) as of noon today to help the earthquake victims in the country's southwest. ...

CHINA'S housing watchdog has launched investigations into school buildings for alleged building standard violations after many collapsed in the earthquake. Dozens of schools were reported wiped out in Sichuan...

A 23-YEAR-OLD nurse was freed from earthquake rubble today in devastated Beichuan County after being trapped for more than 96 hours. She was from a local medical center in Beichuan, one of the most heavily damaged...

OSAMA bin Laden vowed in an audio tape marking Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations to continue the fight against the Jewish state and not give up an inch of Palestinian land. "We will continue, God permitting,...

AMERICAN astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby at 140 years old. The scientists, who announced their findings yesterday, used a radio observatory...

ROBBERS shot dead nine employees of a Philippine bank south of Manila yesterday and emptied its vault, and police said they suspected two security guards who were missing. Ricardo Padilla, police chief of the...

MARIA Sharapova will assume the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis as a result of Justine Henin's retirement. Henin, who announced her retirement on Wednesday at the age of 25, has asked to be removed from the...

DEFENDING champion China advanced to the final of the Uber Cup yesterday with a 3-1 win over South Korea. World No. 1-ranked Xie Xingfang beat South Korea's Hwang Hye-youn 21-9, 21-19 in the opening match. ...

CHEN Xiaoma raced to a three-shot lead at the Omega China Tour after shooting an opening 6 under-par 66 yesterday at the Shanghai Golf and Country Club. Yuan Hao, the Tour's longest hitter, and 21-year-old James...

ARTIST Han Juliang is fascinated by steam locomotives, engines of power. He doesn't enhance or adorn; he realistically and meticulously represents the powerful engines in scrupulous detail on canvas. "For no particular...

While questions are raised over the country's 2007 and 2008 vintages, the Australia government is pushing for more Aussie drops to feature prominently of tables across the Chinese mainland. The Australian consulate...

ONCE upon a time it was Chinese high school and university students who flocked overseas to broaden their education. But now children as young as 11 are being sent away. It's a practice that is raising eyebrows, writes...