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15b yuan bank loan set to fuel development of city island

Metro | Urban construction
2009-5-28

A GROUP of seven Chinese banks yesterday granted a 15 billion yuan (US$2.2 billion) joint loan to help complete major industrial and environmental projects on Shanghai's Changxing Island. The money will be used...

Blackout hits island

Metro | Public utilities
2008-7-4

SOME parts of Changxing Island remained blacked out until late last night after a connection from Chongming Island was short circuited. The power authority had been working on repairing the problem for a day...

Section of tunnel to Changxing Island completed

Metro | Urban construction
2008-5-28

SHANGHAI completed the east link of the tunnel between Pudong and Changxing Island today. The 8.9-kilometer long and 15.43-diameter Yangtze River Tunnel is as tall as a five-story building and has two levels –...

Ferry catches fire near Changxing Island

Metro | Traffic
2008-3-21

A FERRY caught fire near Changxing Island in Shanghai at 6:10am today with more than 100 passengers and 20 vehicles aboard, a local Website and radio station reported today. No injuries were reported due to the...

15 drown in Yangtze tragedy

Metro | Traffic
2008-1-31

FIFTEEN crew members were drowned and another was missing after two ships collided at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the early hours of yesterday morning. All 17 on board the cargo vessel, Jintaishun, were thrown...

Fatal ferry organizer on the run

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-1-25

A MAN who arranged an illegal ferry ride on January 11 that left 10 dead and one still missing after a collision at sea, is still being sought by the Shanghai Maritime police. The two ship masters, Yang Xiaoming,...

Search continues for missing capsize victims

Metro | Traffic
2008-1-14

AFTER two days of searching, authorities have found no more bodies in waters off the Shanghai coast after an unlicensed boat capsized on Friday afternoon. The boat was carrying commuters from Changxing Island to...

River woes: Body found, 10 missing

Metro | Traffic
2008-1-13

THE body of a young woman was found on the wreck of an unlicensed passenger boat that capsized off Shanghai on Friday, police said yesterday. Ten people are still missing and search efforts have been intensified...

10 missing after boat sinks

Metro | Work safety
2008-1-12

TEN people are missing after a boat illegally carrying passengers capsized near Changxing Island yesterday. The private boat with 22 people on board, many of whom had paid to travel because licensed ferries were...

Crab release

Metro | Pets and animals
2007-12-20

ABOUT 30,000 Chinese mitten crabs, including 20,000 females and 10,000 males of 100 grams and 150 grams respectively, were released into the wild at Qincaosha, near the city's Changxing Island, yesterday to encourage...