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Expat volunteers line up to help folks during World Expo

District | Changning
2009-9-7

THE spirit of community and enthusiasm for World Expo are inspiring foreign residents of Changning District to volunteer for the great fair. Fei Lai interviews two helpers. While Chinese residents are eager to...

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Big plans for Hongqiao as Shanghai's 'Western Gateway'

District | Changning
2009-9-7

THERE'S "Greater Pudong" to the east and in the west is rising "Greater Hongqiao," an international trading hub. Victoria Fei reports. Hongqiao Development Zone is Shanghai's first foreign-oriented economic development...

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Take a trip through time and thrill to Shanghai the way it used to be

District | Changning
2009-7-11

IN time for World Expo next year Beiyu Road at Beixinjing Town in Changning District will be turned into a folk street where visitors will experience the fun and culture of Shanghai of the 1920s and 1930s. Fei Lai...

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Suzhou Creek goes green

District | Changning
2009-5-23

CHANGNING District is giving itself a makeover for World Expo and the core project is the landscaping of Suzhou Creek. By the end of the year, the river will become a welcoming, attractive and pleasant waterway. Victoria...

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Volunteers who take different steps forward

District | Changning
2009-5-23

AT Changning District's communities, volunteers from home and abroad have always shown great interest in and wholeheartedly supported the preparations for World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. By May 10, the district had...

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Youth volunteer in the spirit of Expo

District | Changning
2009-3-7

CHANGNING District youth are gearing up for World Expo 2010 and now they have an action campaign and a logo for "Youth Action for Expo." The logo launched on Thursday features the Expo's blue mascot Haibao and...

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Changning brightens up its welcoming gateway

District | Changning
2009-3-7

CHANGNING District is carrying out an ambitious renovation project to spruce up its section of the Yan'an Elevated Road, the road that leads from Hongqiao Airport to the Expo site, report Fei Lai and Pan Zheng Changning...

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Getting to know you the new way

District | Changning
2009-3-7

NEWCOMERS to the city can meet locals and discuss the language and culture in bars, clubs or restaurants. Or they can now try the Bailing Strait Language Salon. Fei Lai looks at the option For newcomers to the...

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Screen time

District | Changning
2009-1-10

TIANSHAN Cinema has survived the test of time and evolved during the past 30 years to meet the needs of its increasingly sophisticated customers. Flexibility has been the key, writes Fang Zhuojun At the mention...

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A reel charmed life

District | Changning
2009-1-10

NOT everyone is as lucky as Lu Guoliang and he knows it. For the past 30 years he has essentially been paid to watch movies as he has worked almost every job possible at Tianshan Cinema, writes Tan Weiyun Lu Guoliang...

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'Window on China' international library opens today

District | Changning
2008-12-6

A DEDICATED international library in Shanghai opens today in Hongqiao, Changning District. It will be a window to exhibit China to the world, reports Nie Xin As more expats settle in Shanghai, more facilities are...

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Expats volunteer time and talents

District | Changning
2008-12-6

THIS is a kangaroo. Repeat after me: k-a-n-g-a-r-o-o. Kangaroo." That's part of an English speaking lesson in Hongqiao Community Culture Center. Five foreign residents of Changning District from Australia, Egypt,...

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TCM is great -- but use it cautiously

District | Changning
2008-11-1

TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, is potent stuff and there's a danger it can be misunderstood and misused by devotees who think they know it all, writes Nie Xin Traditional Chinese medicine is enormously...

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Gubei cleaning up its act for Expo

District | Changning
2008-11-1

FOLLOWING the success of the Beijing Olympic Games, World Expo 2010 Shanghai is one of the biggest events on the national calendar -- and Gubei is set to play its part. A series of activities known as "600-day...

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Lip-smacking food festival

District | Changning
2008-11-1

PEOPLE leaped at the chance to taste different Chinese foods including handmade nian gao (rice cakes) from Qibao Ancient Town, peanut cakes from Tangshan in Hebei Province, and dried fish from Zhoushan in Zhejiang...