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Handicrafts fair benefits the disabled

Feature | Community Matters
2009-11-18

AS December approaches, Christmas bazaars are popping up around the city. This weekend international schools Concordia and Shanghai Community International School will host their yearly bazaars, with more schools and...

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School of hope for migrant pupils

Feature | Community Matters
2009-11-11

A new community education center will benefit migrant workers' children in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province. The project, sponsored by Cargill (one of the world's largest agriculture, food and risk management suppliers),...

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Smart cookies take the cake

Feature | Community Matters
2009-11-11

ORPHANS rise to the occasion in the Shanghai Young Bakers program giving six months' training in baking with help from the French community. The first batch is fresh from the oven. Nancy Zhang and Esther Young take...

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Helping kids with heart problems

Feature | Community Matters
2009-11-4

IMAGINE watching your child turn blue every two to three days, seeing that he or she cannot keep up with other children - no running, jumping, swinging around the playground - this is life for a child with congenital...

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Cocktails and networking nights kicked off by French Chamber

Feature | Community Matters
2009-10-28

THE French Chamber of Commerce is known for swishy events, but now it offers informal evenings of speakers, cocktails and networking. Nancy Zhang reports. The French Chamber of Commerce has kicked off the autumn season...

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Keeping it short and snappy: a design forum that airs new ideas

Feature | Community Matters
2009-10-21

A fresh event in the design community is Pecha Kucha Night - a fast-growing assembly where anyone can float any idea in rapid-fire slide shows - as long as it's under six minutes and 40 seconds. Nancy Zhang reports....

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Smoothing the way for more trees

Feature | Community Matters
2009-10-14

CUSTOMERS at Element Fresh today can enjoy a smoothie and help the world at the same time. In cooperation with local charity organization Roots & Shoots, Element Fresh is donating all revenue from its smoothie...

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Celebrate festival with music and jade

Feature | Community Matters
2009-9-23

AS the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, a festive gala will be held in Minhang District's Nanfang Friendship Shopping Center this Friday afternoon, with residents and expats welcome to the free show. Visitors can...

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Students write their own guide to help others

Feature | Community Matters
2009-9-23

FOREIGN students can find their first days in Shanghai a lonely and confusing time. But two who have been through the mill share their advice with others to help them make the most of the city, Jantine Vos reports....

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New expat community center opens in Minhang District

Feature | Community Matters
2009-9-16

SOONER or later all new expats will come to hear of the Community Center Shanghai (CCS). It offers courses, support and fun trips to help family and individuals get the most out of their time in China. Now foreigners...

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Expat professional ladies forge ties

Feature | Community Matters
2009-9-9

MANY expat clubs and associations in Shanghai cater to women - mostly as trailing spouses who have given up friends and career in their native countries to follow their husbands on assignment. But the traditional model...

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Pudong's Mandarin and Chinese culture course

Feature | Community Matters
2009-9-9

PUDONG New Area's annual - and free - Mandarin and Chinese Culture Program gets underway this Saturday. Since October 2006, the Pudong New Area government has sponsored six sessions of its language and culture...

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Soccer beauties join in games, dance as Brazil party swings

Feature | Community Matters
2009-9-2

THE rhythms, color and passion of Brazilian culture will be on display during a one-day celebration of the country's national day in Pudong next Sunday. The local Brazilian community will gather at Pudong Green...

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Shanghai first stop for Rotary chief as he eyes expansion in China

Feature | Community Matters
2009-8-19

THE worldwide organization's international president wants to establish more clubs in the country to further its charitable work in educational, humanitarian and health programs. Sam Riley reports. With more than...

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New Shanghainese club for young and young at heart

Feature | Community Matters
2009-7-29

THE New Shanghainese club caters to young out-of-town Chinese who are trying to get adjusted and make new friends - and it's open to foreigners trying to break out of the "expat bubble." Nancy Zhang reports. Expats...