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China's exports soar 45% in February

By Wang Yanlin | 2010-3-10

CHINA'S exports surged more than expected in February, while imports continued a strong growth after the global economy showed signs of recovery amid ...

Reclaimed land for Pudong's 5th runway

SHANGHAI will build a fifth runway for the Pudong International Airport on land it will reclaim from the sea. The new runway will be open by 201...

Forex investment strategy revealed

Shanghai's population imbalance continues

US-born panda Taishan meets public in Sichuan

Reclaimed land for Pudong's 5th runway

SHANGHAI will build a fifth runway for the Pudong International Airport on land it will reclaim from the sea. The new runway will be open by 201...

Try the world's top toilet at Expo

JAPANESE companies will build the world's most comfortable and cleanest toilets in the Japan Pavilion for World Expo 2010. People will feel as hap...

Man charged with transporting fake notes

A VEGETABLE seller has been charged with transporting fake notes with a face value of 600,000 yuan (US$87,895). Minhang District People's Procur...

Last chances to see 'Avatar' in cinemas

Scaffolding faulted in elevator accident

This lawmaker is eco-friendly

COMPARED with some colleagues' motions on important state affairs, Chen Fei, a 55-year-old farmer lawmaker, came to the annual legislative session wit...

China to release emission cut results every two years: official

CHINA will release the development of its emission cutting action every two years, Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of the National Development and Reform C...

Shaanxi landslide buries homes, at least 8 dead

AT least eight people are dead and about 44 are missing after landslide buried more than 10 homes in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authori...

Manhunt for Gansu cop killer

Social issues, economy targeted

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1988, the first test-tube baby in China was born in the Peking University Third Hospi...

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Toyota rejects professor's claims

China's exports soar 45% in February

CHINA'S exports surged more than expected in February, while imports continued a strong growth after the global economy showed signs of recovery amid ...

China curbs top bankers' bonuses

CHINA today unveiled stricter rules to target fat-cat banking executives and avoid a Wall Street bonus-driven risk-taking culture that triggered the c...

Inflation fears drive down index

Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature

Toyota to expand recall of Tundra pickups for rust

Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week

Arsenal, Bayern make Champs League quarterfinals

ARSENAL dismantled FC Porto 5-0 yesterday to reach the Champions League quarterfinals along with Bayern Munich. Nicklas Bendtner scored the first ...

Bogut scores 25, Bucks beat Celtics 86-84

ANDREW Bogut scored 25 points and had 17 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks beat another Eastern Conference heavyweight, making a fourth-quarter comeback...

Netherlands, Germany advance to semifinals

THE Netherlands lost to South Korea 2-1 but joined Germany in the semifinals of the field hockey World Cup yesterday in New Delhi, India. Two-time...

Wigan deals blow to Liverpool

Henderson claims first stage in France

Ex-Cyprus president's stolen body recovered

RANSOM was the motive behind the bizarre bodysnatching of Cyprus' former President Tassos Papadopoulos, the justice minister said yesterday, hours aft...

Israeli minister apologises to Biden over homes plan

AN Israeli cabinet minister apologised today after Israel embarrassed visiting US Vice President Joe Biden by announcing plans to build 1,600 more hom...

Bomber's death deals fresh blow to Indonesia militants

A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant movement in the world'...

New Zealander auctions 'ghosts' in a bottle

7-year-old calls police, saves family from attack

Travel | Film and TV | Events | Health

White collars get their own club

WHITE-COLLAR workers, many from out of town, are a major force behind Shanghai's development and now they have an organization and VIP club to help th...

Expo volunteers push wheelchairs,learn about culture - and cranky visitors

OFFICE workers take leave, university students leave class and retired people give up their leisure time to train to be World Expo 2010 lead volunteer...

Age does not weary cycling granny

GRANDMOTHER Mary Dunham has pursued a passion for cycling in many parts of the world she has lived. A Shanghai resident for four years, she is an acti...

Dutch culture takes the lead

Snappers donate photos for healing kids

Oscar gowns get lots of 'wows!' - Sparkly, bold, gold, grownup and glamorous

Serving people through good government

Chinese perspectives | Foreign perspectives

On hauling pig swill and China's drive to improve public welfare

IT was 11:30pm Sunday as 23-year-old Wang Shun hauled a barrel of restaurant leftovers onto his oil-stained three-wheel motor tricycle that gave off a...

Blaming house bubble on mothers-in-law

IN addition to being a menacing bubble of epic proportions - and one that is still inflating - China's runaway housing market provides fertile ground ...

Over-reliance on land deals by governments fuels housing crisis

Against early stimulus exit

Fixating on the yuan won't fix surplus