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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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Tourism fest features fighting crickets to hairy crabs - and more

District | Chongming
2009-9-21

THE blue-black sky over Chongming Dongping National Forest Park was spangled with multicolored fireworks and the air was filled with classical music and Chinese folk songs. That marked the start of the Chongming...

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Saving one-man puppetry, oven painting and pipa tunes

District | Chongming
2009-7-25

CHONGMING is trying to preserve the island's intangible folk heritage and pass on the skills of one-man puppetry, clay oven decoration and distinctive pipa melodies. Fei Lai reports. Chongming Island is famous...

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Bounty of Chongming Island -- white spirit, hairy crab, sugar sorghum and more

District | Chongming
2009-3-21

SHANGHAI shoppers can sample the famed white spirits and organic bounty of Chongming Island from April 10-16 in 50 supermarkets, malls and large wet markets downtown, writes Fei Lai Chongming County is famous for...

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Bridges over Chongming

District | Chongming
2009-1-17

CHONGMING County is in a race against time to repair or reconstruct bridges now deemed dangerous as they were built decades ago. Nie Xin reports Chongming County is a place of rivers and boats. There are about 30...

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Juice maker steps in to help stricken Mandarin farmers

District | Chongming
2008-12-20

SALES crisis from "maggot" plague in southern Chinese regions ruins promising harvest, but respite has been found in the development of a citrus by-product The Mandarin orange harvest in Chongming County this year...

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Chongming's organic farmers face up to Expo 'taste' testing

District | Chongming
2008-12-20

CHONGMING County is renown for its unpolluted natural environment and the healthy organic foods which have been developed from it into successful brands. The likes of Bao Dao mitten crab, Green Giant spinach, Xin...

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Unique Chongming beauty unveiled in photographic competition

District | Chongming
2008-11-15

PAKISTANI Muhammad Usman and Canadian Travis Bothner have jointly won first prize in the "Capture Chongming" photography contest. Usman and Bothner were among 55 Shanghai-based foreigners -- representing more than...

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Time to enjoy Chongming Mandarin oranges

District | Chongming
2008-11-8

CHONGMING Island's famous Mandarin oranges are as delicious as ever and have been certified safe, so consumers needn't fret about an infestation of Mandarin maggots elsewhere in China, writes Sophy Nie This is...

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Guide to Chongming investment now on sale

District | Chongming
2008-11-8

INVESTMENT opportunities in fast-developing Chongming County are described in the new Chinese-language book "Chongming Investment Panorama" available at most book stalls in Shanghai. The book selling for 20 yuan...

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Autumn is time for hairy crabs and wine

District | Chongming
2008-10-11

THERE'S a Shanghai saying: "When the autumn winds blow, the crabs' feet are itching." Translation: This is the perfect time to eat hairy crabs, preferably with rice wine. While many people know about Yangcheng...

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Island's famous bounty now available in city markets

District | Chongming
2008-10-11

KNOWN for its clean environment, fresh air and organic farming, Chongming Island is also famous for its distinctive agricultural products and specialty foods with national reputation. These include hairy crabs,...

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Heritage listing for Chongming's classic pipa music style

District | Chongming
2008-8-23

ONE of the China's most unique musical art forms was created on the doorstep of Shanghai on Chongming Island. But amid fears its popularity is waning, new moves have been made to protect this classic pipa art, writes...

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First bumper harvest of peerless pears

District | Chongming
2008-7-26

TODAY is the first day of the first big harvest of Cuiguan pears on Chongming Island. This is when the picking of an estimated 200,000 kilograms begins, and the delicious juicy fruit will soon be on the Shanghai market. ...