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Hortense de Lassee of France get into shape for a "big freeze" at Exit 6 of People's Squar...

APEC leaders pledge further actions to tackle global crisis

2008-11-23

LEADERS of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies promised yesterday to take further actions to deal with the global financial crisis. In a statement issued in Peru's capital Lima, on...

Hu presents proposals for tackling financial crisis at APEC meeting

CHINESE President Hu Jintao put forward three proposals for coping with the ongoing worldwide financial crisis at the 16th APEC economic leaders' meet...

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Monthly award winners unveiled

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Shanghai Business School fire tragedy

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Metro news

Industry gets boost at China tour mart

DESPITE the fall in tourists visiting China this year, the four-day China International Tour Mart, which ended yesterday in Shanghai, attracted a reco...

Graduates facing a battle for work

STUDENTS graduating in 2009 will find it harder than usual to find work because of the global financial crisis. For those not studying further, th...

City zoo and parks get pre-Expo makeovers

Neon light arch to be removed

Expo Memo

Full steam ahead for Expo

INTERNATIONAL participants in World Expo 2010 Shanghai have ...

NBA's 1st 2010-11 slam dunk may swish at Shanghai Expo

THE NBA is expected to kick off its 2010-11 season at the Sh...

China Pavilion takes shape

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Business news

Stimulus plan sparks spend up on infrastructure projects

PROVINCIAL governments on China's mainland have proposed more than 10 trillion yuan (US$1.46 trillion) in infrastructure spending, state television re...

China's consumer confidence the bright light in the economic gloom

YALE University Professor Robert J. Shiller said: "The world's fundamental economic problem today is a staggering loss of business confidence." Fe...

Key index seen to be volatile

GM sees bankruptcy no cure to money woes

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Doubts over power price-cuts plan

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National news

Melamine tableware health risk

CHINA is expected to add a melamine test to its quality inspection of tableware after an industry expert warned that substandard tableware made with m...

Mainland's richest man investigated by police

THE richest person on China's mainland, as named by Hurun Report this year, has been under police investigation since earlier last week. According...

Olympics lifts opinion of nation

End nears for Potala Palace renovation

November 24

On this day in 1976, construction began on the Memorial Hall for Chairman Mao Zedong at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing. The hall is south of the Monument to the People's Heroes. Construction was completed on May 24, 1977. The crystal sarcophagus of Mao containing his body was moved to the hall on August 29, 1977. More than 160 million visitors from both home and abroad have visited the hall since it opened.

World news

Astronauts try to work out kinks in urine-to-water machine

ASTRONAUTS hope they have a solution for getting a pivotal piece of equipment working so it can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water and allow...

Australian rescuers save 11 whales after mass stranding

AUSTRALIAN wildlife rescuers today said they successfully returned a small number of pilot whales to the ocean after a mass stranding in Tasmania. ...

Possibly gang-related gunfire kills 1 at Seattle-area mall

Thai protesters vow final showdown with government

The 46-year-old suspect is transferred to Tokyo's metropolitan police after he turned hims...

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Sport news

Wenger backs Gallas as big guns flop in Premiership

WILLIAM Gallas has been assured he can stay at Arsenal after reveling that the Gunners squad is divided. He was dropped before Saturday's 0-3 loss at ...

Babbel takes over as coach at Stuttgart

STUTTGART fired coach Armin Veh after the Bundesliga team's 1-4 loss at Wolfsburg, and former Germany international Markus Babbel was hired yesterday ...

Lin captures HK Open in a thriller

Liu unsure of defending title

Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson, left, looks for an open teammate after driving past Hou...

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Feature

From 'little hooligans' to street culture 'hobbyists'

STREET culture once signified disturbing nonconformity and weirdness. Today it's just another lifestyle choice, but there's not a whole lotta of skati...

Tibetan kids pay price for living

AS breathtaking as Tibet's mountains might be, there is a downside, especially for children living there. The region has very few doctors to combat th...