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City's development at a crossroads: Party chief

By Yan Zhen | 2008-7-20

SHANGHAI was at a crossroads in its development and needed a new focus to maintain its momentum amid a global economic slowdown, Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng said yesterday. "The city's limited land capacity...

Spared as Kalmaegi slides by

TROPICAL storm Kalmaegi churned along the Chinese coast yesterday, after leaving 16 dead and 11 missing in heavily populated Taiwan. Zhejiang Prov...

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Chartered flights to Taiwan

Metro news

Makeover for Metro as security tightened

METRO operators said yesterday that they will renovate all the city's old Metro stations, mainly on Line 1, and carry out anti-terrorism measures on t...

Car plate price falls at auction

THE price for a car plate in Shanghai dropped slightly at the monthly auction yesterday, as fewer bidders joined the fray in what is traditionally the...

City's airports beef up security, on the double

Fire fighters in action day after deaths

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Routes changed

FROM July 22 to July 26, bus routes to Guilin Road Station o...

Sex on display

THE three-day 5th China International Adult Toys and Reprodu...

Cataract warning

MEDICAL experts have warned pregnant women to avoid being in...

Business news

WTO rules against China over auto parts dispute

THE World Trade Organization yesterday ruled against China over its auto parts dispute with the United States, the European Union and Canada. The...

China tightens control over 'hot-money' flow

CHINA has tightened scrutiny of foreign direct investment to prevent "fake" ventures that the government said are acting as channels for speculative c...

City proves a strategic site for investment

Overseas banks take bigger market share as assets grow

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Banks lose their graduate career appeal by degrees

By Sylvia Westall

National news

Subway set for Games traffic

BEIJING opened three new subway lines yesterday morning to ease commuter traffic during the Olympic Games. An opening ceremony was held at Beituch...

Insider trading trial proceeds

DONG Zhengqing, the former president of China's sixth largest brokerage, went on trial for insider trading in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on Friday,...

China reshuffles cabinet office, adding emergency response, e-gov depts

Death toll from typhoon Kalmaegi rises to 16 in Taiwan

July 20

On this day in 1999, China discovered crude oil for the first time in the Tibet Autonomous Region, an area widely known as the "Roof of the World." The Sinopec Star Petroleum Company found an oil field with about 150 million tons in the Lunpola Basin. The company explored the area for eight years.

World news

Obama ventures into battle zones

UNITED States Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan yesterday in the first stop on a tour of war zones. Less than ...

Rescuers find climbers after mountain tragedy

PAKISTANI rescuers in a helicopter spotted two Italian mountaineers on one of the world's deadliest peaks, where a third Italian climber is believed t...

Relations thaw, but Iran rules out a nuclear freeze

Nude man tries to open door on plane

A collapsed crane at the LyondellBasell refinery in Houston on Friday. Four workers were k...

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Sport news

Freire sprints to win stage

THREE-TIME world champion Oscar Freire of Rabobank honored his green jersey with victory in the 14th stage of the Tour de France, a 194.5-kilometer tr...

Hamilton edges Massa for German GP pole

MCLAREN'S Lewis Hamilton edged Felipe Massa on the final lap yesterday to claim pole position for the German Grand Prix. Hamilton posted a time of...

Spurs report Red Devils, Liverpool to league

Another Robles warning for Liu

China's Yao Ming (bottom) and Felizardo Ambrosio of Angola go for the ball at the Stankovi...

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Feature

Beauty's tall tale

CHINA'S first Miss World, Zhang Zilin, says winning the title has given her so many wonderful opportunities that she would never have had - to travel ...