Police swoops thwart stadium terrorist plot

By Yang Lifei and Dong Zhen | 2008-7-25

SHANGHAI police have halted a group of terrorists who planned to attack a football venue in the Olympic co-host city. "We obtained information that international terrorist organizations were likely to launch an...

Quake-ravaged zone rocked by tremors

THREE powerful aftershocks hit southwest China's earthquake area yesterday, killing at least one person, injuring 17 others and inflicting damage on a...

City economic growth defies time of inflation

SHANGHAI has managed to achieve moderate economic expansion in the first half despite mixed fiscal results in a number of areas. While the inflati...

Exhibition organizer brushed by art supplier

AN exhibition featuring artwork by Picasso which was due to have been held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center this month has been canceled. Show or...

Steamy day causes power surge

THE temperature downtown yesterday reached 38.6 degrees Celsius, the second highest of the year. The heat caused the city's power consumption to h...

Two held over Bund stabbing

Firefighting trio hailed as martyrs

Luxury begins at home for consumers

DOMESTIC buyers have outnumbered overseas investors as dominant consumers of Shanghai's luxury apartments, figures showed yesterday. Of the 2,017 ...

PE funds raising another US$12b

TEN new private equity funds raised a combined US$12.02 billion in the second quarter of this year in China, jumping 107.6 percent from a year earlier...

Domestic companies spend up overseas

NZ legalizes bilateral trade deal with China

Net result - China now leads the world

IT'S official - China has the world's largest number of Internet users. The nation had overtaken the No. 1 spot from the United States by the end ...

Hong Kong man jailed over nude Web photos

A HONG Kong man has become the first person to be convicted of uploading nude photos on to the Internet . Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts sentenc...

Life sentence for former official

Manufacturers warned over use of copyright Games logos

Institute issues cell-phone warning

THE head of a prominent cancer research institute in the United States issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff on Wednesday: Limit ce...

Hurricane Dolly's fury abates

RESIDENTS and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas in the United States at dawn yesterday and cars crept along roads with darkened stop...

There's a name for parents like these...

Doubts over safety of cloned produce

Breakaway Burghardt snatches 18th stage

MARCUS Burghardt of Germany won the 18th stage of the Tour de France yesterday, leading a two-rider breakaway as the race left the Alps. Carlos Sa...

Villa increases pressure on Barry to stay put

THE chances of Gareth Barry joining Liverpool appeared to diminish yesterday after Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill said he was likely to start the ...

Iraqis not coming to Games

Other stars could follow Childress to Europe

From 'farmer' to 'Chicken King'

THIRTY-TWO years ago, Wang Liangyuan, then 16 years old, was catching and selling river fish in suburban Nanhui District. Today, he is known as th...

Watch your step on this cosmic carpet

WITH the excitement of the Beijing Olympics stirring everyone's sporting blood, a new exhibition of sports movies is certain to make a hit, writes Xu ...

Heroes and hopefuls steal movie spotlight

Tools of the literati

It's wise to protect exports, but not all exports are equal

THE Ministry of Commerce has made a formal proposal to the State Council to slow the pace of yuan appreciation and increase export tax rebates to prev...

Emerging middle class challenges West's MNCs

A NEW global middle class is rising up from poverty in emerging economies around the world, providing competition for labor and resources, but also en...

Where are global leaders? Not at the G8 photo-op

Tourists don't visit Shanghai for faux China, global brands