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Hurdler Liu Xiang (front row, third from the right) and basketball player Yao Ming (second...

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China to send 1,099-member delegation for Beijing Olympics

2008-7-25

CHINA today announced to send a 1099-member delegation for the Beijing Olympic Games. Among the delegation are 639 athletes for the Games to be officially opened on August 8.

Police swoops thwart stadium terrorist plot in Shanghai

SHANGHAI police have halted a group of terrorists who planned to attack a football venue in the Olympic co-host city. "We obtained information tha...

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...

Firefighting trio hailed as martyrs

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For out-patients

CHANGHAI Hospital opens its new out-patient building today, ...

Festival time

BOTH Chinese traditional and foreign culture will feature at...

Switching off

TO save energy, Shanghai's landscape lighting is to be turne...

Business news

Index closes lower as oil, coal shares fall

SHANGHAI'S key stock index declined today as oil-related shares and coal producers dropped. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.55 percent, or 45....

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

Domestic companies spend up overseas

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Dark road lies ahead for car makers

By Jin Jing

National news

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

July 26

On this day in 1954, China unveiled the country's first home-made planes. The planes were for training. They had a simple structure, a single engine and were easy to control. These planes were used to train the country's air force. They were also used to irrigate farmland and deliver mail.

World news

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

People clean up the pieces of glass shattered at a car dealership by a strong earthquake i...

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Sport news

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

Roger Federer of Switzerland walks off the court after losing to France's Gilles Simon 6-2...

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Feature

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 ...