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A modern city takes shape that has something for everyone

District | Jiading
2009-8-8

GREAT changes are taking place in Jiading District as the local government spares no effort to build Jiading New City into a modern area, a better pla...

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Farming project offers chance to enjoy nature's simple pleasures

District | Jiading
2009-8-8

GUAN Youzhen, who recently bought an apartment at Lanjun Minyuan, a residential area at Waigang Town in Jiading District, has never done any farming before. She is surprised to find that she could adopt 50 square...

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Datuan garden offers a lot more than just plump, juicy peaches

District | Nanhui
2009-8-1

IT'S peach season again. That oh so sweet and juicy fruit is ripe for the picking now and it looks like a bumper harvest this summer. From late July to early August is prime time for peaches in Shanghai. Urban...

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Old street lanes to get a major lifestyle facelift

District | Minhang
2009-8-1

QIBAO Old Street is undergoing a facelift project in its criss-crossed narrow lanes to improve local residents' living conditions. Connected with dozens of surrounding old lanes, the Qibao Old Street is always...

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Remembering the patriots who fought with their pens

District | Jinshan
2009-11-16

A quiet elegant residence in remote Zhangyang Town of Jinshan District was once a hotbed of patriotic fervor as writers, artists and intellectuals gathered there on the eve of the downfall of the decaying Qing Dynasty...

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No more slow boat to China

District | Chongming
2009-11-10

THE new Yangtze River Tunnel-Bridge Expressway puts Chongming Island at our door and opens up unprecedented development opportunities. Victoria Fei pays the toll. For more than 1,300 years people have been taking ferries...

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Peeling off to pick oranges in charming Chongming

District | Chongming
2009-11-10

CHONGMING County's first Mandarin Orange Festival offers plump juicy fruit that visitors can pick - and the new tunnel-bridge expressway makes it easier than ever to get to the scenic islands. Fei Lai picks. Any...

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Five-star luxury community lures elderly residents with service

District | Nanhui
2009-11-2

SHANGHAI is going gray. By 2030, the city will have 5 to 6 million senior citizens aged over 60, almost 30 percent of the total population. Statistics from the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau show that the elderly...

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City has senior priority

District | Nanhui
2009-11-2

SHANGHAI so far has 534,400 residents over 80 years old, representing almost 18 percent of the population over 60 years old, according to the city's Population and Family Planning Commission. Last year Shanghai's...

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Helping 'old boys and girls' wins model worker award

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

IT is often tiring helping elderly people, but Deng Guixiang does it and won trust from her "old boys and girls" in the Qingwei Neighborhood in Meilong Town ahead of anyone else. The 34-year-old migrant worker...

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Pujiang book puts network on the map

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

ZHOU Shuming never imagined that he could hold a book signing activity for his "Selected Folk Nursery Rhymes in Pudong" at the same time as China celebrated its National Day. The activity was staged on Yandang...

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Community reacts to ferry proposal

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

THE ferry in Shanghai has recently become a hot topic among citizens. The right to decide whether the ferry system should be built in Minhang District is, to a large extent, in everyone's hands. Recently Minhang...

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Wheelchair prototype offers 'mod cons' to the disabled

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

AN intelligent wheelchair will make its debut in the World Expo 2010 Shanghai pavilion "Expo 2010 Life & Sunshine" for disabled people. This high-tech product can communicate with the owner and follow his/her orders....

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Aging couple finds new life in donating to school

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

IN Meilong Town, there's a pair of old people who have sold one of their houses to build up a Hope Primary School. And that's not all. They've decided to donate their other houses to another school after they...

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New museum contains rare history items

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

THE Minhang History Museum will be opened to the public by the end of this year in Chunshen Cultural Square. It includes ancient art pieces by celebrities in history, the personal written instructions of emperors...

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Work starts on civil defense hospital

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

CONSTRUCTION started recently on Minhang District's Civil Defense Emergency Hospital. This underground facility on Husong Road will support ordinary hospitals during disasters, accidents or wars. It will provide...

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Expo relying on district printing houses to make range of products

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

DELICATE Expo brochures, Expo pavilion display boards, colorful paper cups and lunch boxes in Expo restaurants, gift packages at Expo souvenir shops - all these printed items could come from printing houses in Minhang...

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New services added to redecorated library

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

REDECORATION of Minhang Library will finish by the end of this year and reopen to the public on January 1, 2010. Readers will then be able to borrow or return books at the self-service terminal. To borrow a book,...

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New center for aged needing care

District | Minhang
2009-10-31

A NEW seniors' home in Xinzhuang Town with capacity for 400 people opened recently. There are already 50 on the first roll call. The facility offers a service to seniors who cannot take care of themselves. People...