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Now it's okay to run your office at home

Hangzhou
2009-11-23

NEW college-graduate entrepreneurs in Hangzhou can now register their dormitories or apartments as their legal place of business when applying for a business license. The new home-office regulation for such entrepreneurs...

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Young self-starters get business help

Hangzhou
2009-11-23

YOUNG college graduates starting a business are getting a big helping hand from the Hangzhou municipal government. It is enacting policies and giving incentives and subsidies that encourage young people faced with...

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One-stop shop for resident service

Hangzhou
2009-11-20

HANGZHOU opens a one-stop Public Service Center, a Citizen Home, where residents can take care of business, from paying utilities to getting a passport, driver's license and social insurance. Xu Wenwen reports. Life...

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Hot music in the chilly winter

Hangzhou
2009-11-19

TWO major pop bands -- Fahrenheit and Super Band -- and Brazil-born jazz singer Lisa Ono will warm up the Hangzhou winter. Yao Minji chills out. Hangzhou not only draws tourists with its beautiful scenery but also...

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Student reality check

Hangzhou
2009-11-18

HINESE students are clamoring to study overseas in the global downturn, but many have unrealistic expectations and need a reality check, education experts say. A salon "Dream Chasers in Foreign Lands" was held...

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Hangzhou honeymoon in 1925

Hangzhou
2009-11-17

EIGHTY-FOUR years ago an American couple in China took their honeymoon in Hangzhou. Their remarkable photos and detailed diary entries are on exhibit. Xu Wenwen reports. Hangzhou has long been famous as a honeymoon...

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Deep goats in hot pots

Hangzhou
2009-11-16

THE Chinese character for "delicious" is a combination of the characters for fish (yu) and goat/mutton (yang), and the suburban county of Yuhang is celebrating both. The annual Goat Pot Festival is underway and...

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The whole nine yards from soup to nuts

Hangzhou
2009-11-13

ONLINE entrepreneurs in Hangzhou have found a new home on Qingjiang Road offering 20 floors for buyers and sellers. Xu Wenwen checks it out. Taobao sellers of wholesale and retail goods in Hangzhou are moving into...

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Finding a place to park your car

Hangzhou
2009-11-12

THIS year Hangzhou adds another 190,000 autos that pollute, worsen traffic congestion - and need parking places. The city is tackling the parking shortage. Qian Yanwen takes the wheel. Hangzhou may be heaven on earth,...

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Leprosy nurse with heart of gold

Hangzhou
2009-11-11

MEET a special charge nurse whose devotion to her leprous patients has won her international recognition in the form of a Florence Nightingale Medal. Xu Wenwen reports. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and...

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Museum chief holds solo show of '3rd eye' paintings

Hangzhou
2009-11-10

FANG Zengxian, director of the Shanghai Art Museum, says successful artists need a "third eye." His own insightful works covering five decades are on exhibit at the Zhejiang Art Museum. Wang Jie reports. Fang...

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Olympic-sized dreams come true

Hangzhou
2009-11-6

HANGZHOU is building a world-class Olympic Sports and Exhibition City to attract international events. Sports facilities will be open to the public. Pan Zheng reports. The 584-hectare Hangzhou Olympic Sports and Exhibition...

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The club everyone's talking about

Hangzhou
2009-11-5

SINCE it opened in 2007, Jiang Nan Hui has acquired a reputation as a mysterious, luxurious, members-only club for the extremely rich and powerful, like its founder Ma Yun, chairman and CEO of the Alibaba Group. ...

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Offering the sun and the moon

Hangzhou
2009-11-5

HANGZHOU is best known for its West Lake, but many people tend to forget the city's other body of water - the Qianjiang River, known for its spectacular tides. Qianjiang New Town, the area near the river on the...

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Harried bus drivers given counseling

Hangzhou
2009-11-4

A bus driver was slapped for refusing to let a woman take her dog on the bus. A female driver was wailed and wept when she finally drove into the bus terminal. It's not easy being a bus driver in Hangzhou where...