Saturday, 11 October, 2008

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Visitors watch a screen displaying a 3D virtual tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing yest...

World market plunge defies salvage efforts

2008-10-11

WORLD stock markets fell sharply yesterday, as Wall Street headed toward its eighth straight day of losses over fears the global economy is set for a protracted recession. Asian shares began the trading day with...

450 now sickened by poisoned water

THE number of people sickened from contaminated water in south China rose to 450 yesterday, including four with arsenic poisoning. All 647 people ...

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Metro news

City offices get energy-stingy

MUNICIPAL government departments are making progress in the application of advanced technologies to cut their energy use, an inspection team from the ...

Matchmakers say 'I do' to honesty vows

WEDDING vows are common, but matchmaker vows are the latest big thing in matrimony. More than 30 matchmaking agencies in the city have signed an ...

Docs advise on getting high

City eases regulations on residency permits

Expo Memo

Time To Catch The Latest Ideas

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...

Expo promotion makes a stop at UN

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Business news

Gloomier mood prevails among entrepreneurs

CHINA'S mainland business people are losing faith in the country's economy. The entrepreneurs confidence index plunged to 123.8 points in the thir...

China's FDI grows at a slower 40% in Q3

FOREIGN direct investment in China grew at a slower pace of 39.85 percent to US$74.4 billion in the third quarter, versus 41.6 percent in the first ei...

Auto sales drop 1.4% in September

BEA and smaller rivals offer high rates

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National news

Cabinet enacts tougher rules for dairy industry

THE State Council, China's Cabinet, has issued new regulations to tighten quality controls on the dairy industry in the wake of the tainted-milk scand...

Ma pushes cross-Strait harmony

TAIWAN leader Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that his government would continue to strengthen ties with the Chinese mainland to build stable relations cr...

Another quake rattles Sichuan

Mystery surrounds deadly injections

October 11

On this day in 1972, China established diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany was divided into two republics in 1949 — the Federal Republic of Germany in the West and the German Democratic Republic in the East. They were reunified in 1990.

World news

US strikes blamed for 'helping terrorists'

UNITED States missile attacks on suspected militant hide-outs in Pakistan's volatile northwest are "helping the terrorists," the Muslim nation's Forei...

Countdown begins for US space tourist

RICHARD Garriott, a United States space tourist due to travel to space on a Russian spaceship tomorrow, said he was unfazed by the prospect of a bumpy...

Thai protest leaders released

Stone claims 'W.' movie is no Bush hatchet job

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Sport news

Liang stays in the hunt in India

LIANG Wenchong kept a five-stroke lead yesterday after the second round of the US$1 million Hero Honda Indian Open in New Delhi. Liang, who shot a...

WADA report critical of nations

NEARLY half the countries that participated in the Beijing Olympics failed to tell organizers where their athletes were so they could be drug tested o...

Dementieva storms into semifinals

Francona all praise for emerging Rays

Brazilian Felipe Massa steers his Ferrari during practice session at the Fuji Speedway cir...

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Feature

Chinese arts at the crossroads?

IN the eyes of Beijing woman Cui Yunshan, 27, and her husband Guan Wei, 26, frequenting cultural activities is "an interesting lifestyle," even an opp...

Fare fit for the chairman

IF you ever wondered how Chairman Mao Zedong dined during China's bitter years of food scarcity, his private chef, Dong Linfa is the one to ask. The a...