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Li hails India as an important partner and friend

2013-5-20

CHINESE Premier Li Keqiang arrived in New Delhi yesterday afternoon on the first leg of his maiden foreign trip since he took office in March. Li ...

China rallies poultry industry as bird flu fears wane

AGRICULTURAL officials ate poultry products at an ongoing national animal husbandry expo in order to boost public confidence in the poultry industry, ...

China demands NK free crew of fishing boat

Death toll from Shandong plant blast hits 12

Boys start to shine in male-only classes

Optimism fuels Shanghai index surge

China issues standard for air purifiers

A technical standard for air purifiers has been announced by the Shanghai Environmental Protection Industry Association and the Air Purifier Industry ...

Diners complain of food poisoning

THE Jing'an District Food and Drug Administration is investigating the Muyali Restaurant on Shanghai's Wujiang Road, after complaints of food poisonin...

The Phantom returns to Shanghai

CLASSIC musical "The Phantom of the Opera" returns to Shanghai in December. The Really Useful Theater Company production will be staged at Shangh...

Spanish-learning program launched in Shanghai

Discounts draw big crowds at scenic spots

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Dream of a life on Mars tainted by doubts it can really happen

CHINESE applicants who signed up for a Dutch project to land humans on Mars in 2023 are raising doubts about the enterprise after its founder said the...

Court will hear appeal of rape victim's mother

A HIGHER court in Hunan Province will review attempts by the mother of a rape victim to sue a local authority for imprisoning her after she protested ...

Belgian weaves unlikely Qinghai carpet tale

Official suspended for turning off traffic lights

TODAY IN HISTORY

The main structure of the Three Gorges Dam was built today in 2006. The hydroelectric dam on the Yan...

MAY

Duped savers protest against bank

Sales of new Shanghai homes drop below 200,000 square meters

NEW home sales fell below the 200,000-square-meter threshold in Shanghai last week. Purchases of new residential properties, excluding government-...

Danone, Mengniu tie knot in yogurt business

FRENCH food and beverage company Danone said today it will invest 2.6 billion yuan (US$417 million) in China's largest dairy producer Mengniu Dairy Co...

47% tariffs on solar panels 'grave mistake'

Console wins may not be enough for AMD

Latest Xbox expected to offer more than games

Levy sees tax bill on 100% of income

Fed's bond-buying plan in QE3 may end sooner

Design, fashion and architecture converge

2013-5-6

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Beckham walks away from game in tears

DAVID Beckham hugged his teammates with tears in his eyes, then walked off the pitch to a standing ovation - for the last time in front of a home crow...

Pacers seize Eastern finals spot

INDIANA moved into the NBA Eastern Conference finals with a 106-99 win over the New York Knicks on Saturday, with a Roy Hibbert block sparking a late ...

Serena captures Italian Open

SERENA Williams won her fourth consecutive title of the year in dominating fashion yesterday, beating third-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the I...

Shaky China whips India 5-0

Zhang remains on course for world title

Denmark's de Forest sings to victory in Eurovision song contest

DENMARK'S Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough co...

Russia retrieves mice, other animals from space

A RUSSIAN capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month's mission in orbit yesterday with data scienti...

Thailand's Red Shirts mark deadly crackdown

AROUND 12,000 Red Shirt protesters rallied in Bangkok yesterday for the third anniversary of a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests which expo...

Repeat poll held despite aide killing

Ticket bought in Florida wins record US$590.5m lottery

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Kiwi rite of passage in China

AT an event in Auckland, New Zealand, in March, young Kiwis discussed OE (overseas experience) destinations. But what emerged at the gathering organiz...

City aims to turn industrial sites into tourism hotspots

I HAVE to commend China's tourism sector for its innovative spirit, even if I don't always agree with all of its ideas. That spirit has seen public an...