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Shanghai seen as big CO2 producer

Metro | Environment
2009-11-17

TOTAL carbon emission generated by Shanghai in one year is nearly double that of Sydney and triple that of Tokyo, according to recent research on climate change in Asia and major Pacific cities. With industry generating...

Students take write turn

Metro | Education
2009-7-7

A TOTAL of 1,180 city students yesterday participated in a writing contest to compete for the 100 seats in the national final. It is the country's first standard Chinese character writing contest and aims to lift...

The trials of a devoted mother

Metro | Education
2009-6-10

A MOTHER from Zhejiang Province paid 100,000 yuan (US$14,628) and took a 10-month leave of absence from work to help her son prepare for the college entrance examination in Shanghai. Yue Li, an accountant in the...

Millions begin college exams battle

National
2009-6-8

MORE than 10 million Chinese high school students began national college entrance exams yesterday, or the "battle to determine their fate," as the three-day test is commonly known. Although the number of candidates...

Shanghai student numbers drop 20%

Metro | Education
2009-6-8

FEWER Shanghai students are taking the national college entrance examination this year. More than 73,800 of the city's high school graduates are sitting the three-day exam which began yesterday. That's more...

10 million sit China's college entrance exams amid cheating, flu concerns

National
2009-6-7

MORE than 10 million Chinese high school students today started their three-day "battle to determine their fate," as the national college entrance exam is commonly known, amid concerns over flu and test cheating. ...

Heart-folding operation has no benefit for most

World
2009-3-31

A CONTROVERSIAL operation that folds the scarred portion of a damaged heart in on itself to get it to beat more effectively offers no real benefit to most patients, researchers reported on Sunday. The operation,...

Youthful birds of a feather seek to flock together

Metro
2008-11-6

MORE than 80 percent of Shanghai's young people have always been part of self-organized communities, although their focus of interest has changed across generations. Youngsters born after 1990 favored communities...

Student’s flunk plan flops

Odd
2008-8-26

A HIGH school graduate in southwest China tried his best to score zero in this year’s college entrance exam, but teachers who evaluated his paper still gave him 12 points for an essay he wrote, Chongqing Evening News...

China's education ministry opens hotline for poor college students

National
2008-8-17

CHINA'S education watchdog has opened a 24-hour hotline for students who want to go to university but cannot afford the tuition fees. The hotline would be operated from Friday to Sept. 15, the Ministry of Education...