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New home prices continue to fall as most cities affected

By Cherry Cao | 2012-5-19

THE number of Chinese cities recording decreases in new home values from a year earlier rose to the highest level yet in April as government curbs on ...

Notorious smuggler Lai dealt life sentence

LAI Changxing, once China's No. 1 fugitive at the center of the nation's biggest corruption scandal that also brought down dozens of government offici...

Delegates form a diverse lot

Major initiatives

Shanghai lags in pay rise, trend report says

Improving economy, legal system, people's lives listed as major goals

Police watching for sex harassment on Metro

MORE undercover police agents are on patrol on the city's Metro system to protect female passengers from sexual harassment, which police said usually...

Watermelons safe to eat, officials say

WATERMELONS sold at the city are safe to eat, Shanghai's agricultural authorities said yesterday in response to online accusations that Chinese grower...

Young kids in Shanghai study more, play less

LOCAL primary school students spend the least amount of time on outdoor activity but the longest time on homework, compared with students in other maj...

Drizzly and cooler over the weekend

Fire officials act

Foreigners helped

Bringing Shaoxing closer ...

Section of Great Wall destroyed for factory

THE destruction of a section of the Great Wall for the purpose of constructing a factory on the site in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has trigger...

Fugitive in rape on train to Moscow gets life term

A FUGITIVE who raped a woman on a train between Beijing and Moscow 19 years ago, and who also took part in 13 robberies in Russia, was sentenced to li...

2.75m yuan donated to teacher who saved kids

Some crew of hijacked ships released

TODAY IN HISTORY

China’s national soccer team lost a key World Cup qualifying game to Hong Kong on this day in 1985, ...

MAY

FB loses fizz after soaring on debut

FACEBOOK Inc shares fizzled on their first day of trade on the Nasdaq, erasing early gains of as much as 18 percent to trade close to their initial pu...

Q2 growth could slow down to 7.5%, China think-thank claims

CHINA'S economic growth may weaken this quarter to the slowest in three years mainly due to the curbs on the property sector and weak external demand,...

Tencent's business to be cut into six groups

TENCENT, China's largest Internet company in terms of user base and market capitalization, yesterday announced plans for a business restructuring - di...

China blasts 'unfair' US solar anti-dumping move

Graff to open Shanghai outlet this year

Users sue Facebook over privacy concerns

Index falls, losing 2.1% for week

Greek exit fuels euro fears

Big cat prowling the world’s oceans

2012-5-18

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Liu, Richardson to battle it out in Shanghai

LIU Xiang's hurdles rematch with Jason Richardson will be the most anticipated race of the Shanghai Diamond League meet tonight. Dayron Robles won...

Li toils but Serena gets easy passage to semis

SERENA Williams enjoyed an easy passage into the semifinals of the Italian Open in Rome yesterday when her opponent Flavia Pennetta retired with a rig...

Pacers in surprise 2-1 lead over Heat, Spurs clip Clippers

THE Indiana Pacers showed more balance, toughness and togetherness than Miami, throttling the Heat 94-75 on Thursday to take a 2-1 series lead in the ...

With 3-0 lead, Kings on the brink of Cup final

England eats into West Indies' lead at Lord's

G8 leaders prepare for summit amid deepening eurozone crisis

LEADERS of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to head off a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could lea...

'Madagascar' mines Europe's stereotypes at Cannes festival

THE joke is on Europe, and in particular France, with the third animated "Madagascar" adventure, which has its world premiere at the Cannes film bring...

Ground zero museum delay dismays 9/11 families

THEY were promised a place to mourn their loved ones, display their photographs and educate people about exactly what was lost on 9/11. But today, fam...

Larry King to launch digital talk show

Bus plunges 18m into river, 34 die

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Roll up for fun, food and culture

VISITORS are flocking to the 2012 Yuyuan Garden Folk Customs Temple Fair, where they can sample tasty snacks and try their hand at the traditional cra...

US seeks solution to privately owned exotic cats

OF all the beasts set free by the suicidal owner of an exotic animal farm in Ohio last year, few were as scary or as lethal as the big cats. Tiger...

Literature's useless ... and vital

FRENCH writer Charles Dantzig visited Shanghai recently to coincide with the publication of his collection of essays "Why Do We Read?" in Chinese - hi...

Gaultier runway debut in China

Jewelry designer fashions a gem of a home

Big cat prowling the world's oceans

Consumers, experts differ on wine ratings