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Be a child again at a fest of the games people used to play

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2009-8-15

THIS summer, a festival is offering you the chance to recall sweet memories of your childhood. The 7th Wuzhen Children's Folk Games Festival has a kaleidoscope of games and other fun activities ready to feed...

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Read all about it: Shanghai Book Fair offers a feast of delights

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2009-8-15

THE Shanghai Exhibition Center on Yan'an Road is the place to be this weekend if you love reading, with thousands of books on offer at bargain prices -- from Shakespeare to the latest movie tie-in, writes David Maguire. ...

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Romantic and down to earth, Wang sings out

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2009-6-11

JOANNA Ruolin Wang a talented 20-year-old is now the most shining rising star in today's Chinese pop music. But she is an enigma too, as Nie Xin discovers. The Taiwanese singer-songwriter Joanna Ruolin Wang will...

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Parsing the 'parasite generation'

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2009-6-8

ALL over the world, it's common to hear folks lamenting the younger generation's lack of determination and work ethic. Kids these days ... That's especially true these days in China where traditional values...

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French opulence splashes out in Xintiandi

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2009-5-28

KNOWN as one of France's most famous nightspots, Hotel Costes is frequented by sports stars and celebrities of the film and fashion worlds. For the first time ever the brand is opening a branch outside France. Aubrey...

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Happy faces that have lasted for 70 years

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2009-5-22

THE Franciscan Sister Maria Innocentia, better known as Berta Hummel, would be very happy if she knew how people cherish the joyful, whimsical figurines of happy children she created. To celebrate the 100th birth...

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Buying sensibly, shrewdly and fashionably in the downturn

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2009-5-7

THE shortened May Day holiday kept most of us in town where shopping is always a favorite urban pursuit. People flooded shopping malls where fashion shows showcased the latest trends, or rather, the shrewdest buys,...

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Mother of all Mother's Day cakes and more baubles for mom

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2009-5-7

ONE hundred one-of-a-kind cakes will be baked by 100 families around the city on Saturday at City Center in the Hongqiao area. They will be combined to make Shanghai's biggest Mother's Day cake, according to Ding...

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Learning how to make the schools safe for students

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2009-5-4

AFTER the horrendous earthquake last year in Sichuan Province, the quality of the building of schools in the province became a national issue overnight. Now, nearly a year later, things are changing. His son might...

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A snap event for a one-time 'inferior corner'

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2009-5-4

IT used to be the "inferior corner," a place that was home to low-income people. But now Caojiadu is a very different area. So overseas photographers are engaged in a project to capture the spirit of the area. Wang...

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'I will give myself one year to succeed before I graduate'

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2009-5-1

CRAVING stardom, many young people are flocking to non-televised talent contests. Nie Xin reports. Ge Yalei waits anxiously for her turn on stage, primping, constantly checking her makeup, her long blond hair,...

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Artist celebrates our Holocaust sanctuary

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2009-4-26

LIKE many of her generation, Jewish American artist Barbara Edelstein finds memories of the Holocaust are fading. So when she discovered the role that Shanghai had played in housing Jewish refugees during World War...

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The truth about online buying: If it's too good to be true, it probably is

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2009-4-20

UNIVERSITY student Jessie Liu is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to purchasing low-cost foreign cosmetics on the Internet. Well-known brands are much cheaper overseas and many Chinese women buy them online....

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When folks are out of work, DVD sales soar

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2009-3-11

WANG Hai works in a small DVD shop in Hongkou District and has seen a big increase in customers since January. The shop's revenue in February was around 12,000 yuan (US$1,754). "The Oscars and Golden Globes...

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Swarup swaps for Oscar red carpet

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2009-2-23

IT has been an incredible few months for Indian diplomat and author Vikas Swarup who is now rubbing shoulders with Hollywood's A-listers at the Academy Awards. In an exclusive e-mail interview to the Shanghai Daily,...