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A China Coast Guard ship takes part in a drill near Wusongkou, off Shanghai, yesterday. Ai...

Global financial crisis impacts on China jobs

By Lydia Chen | 2008-11-21

CHINA'S urban jobless rate was expected to rise above 4.5 percent next year as more people lost employment due to the global economic crisis, the human resources and social security minister warned yesterday. More...

Mountainous task has center-stage aim

PUDONG New Area aims to take Shanghai's theater-arena spotlight with the Himalayas Center, a 2.4-billion-yuan (US$351.17-million) ultramodern dazzler....

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Metro news

Explosion kills 2, injures 3 in Putuo

AN explosion killed one and injured three others early this morning in Shanghai's Putuo District, a Website reported. The explosion occurred on Wa...

Child returned as abductor is arrested

A WOMAN who allegedly broke into a home and snatched a 5-month-old baby intending to sell him was arrested yesterday. The child was traced seven d...

Bluer skies, and more on horizon

Hunt for Jewish history

Expo Memo

Expo construction continues at good pace

CONSTRUCTION has started on a total of 1.5 million square me...

'Art' piano is Expo musical key

THE "Sound of Harmony," the most expensive piano from Steinw...

Pandas add cute face to Expo

SHANGHAI will get cuter and cuddlier just in time for World ...

Business news

Shanghai shares drop sharply at midday

CHINA’S main stock indexes dropped sharply this morning, taking cues from stumbles on Wall Street and markets in Asia on worries that a global recessi...

Jiading projects worth US$1.4b begin

SHANGHAI started construction of 52 industrial projects in Jiading District yesterday, with a combined investment of up to 9.6 billion yuan (US$1.4 bi...

Xi'an wins commercial airplane production

Study on fuel pricing reform to be revved up

biz insight

Doubts over power price-cuts plan

By Fu Chenghao

National news

30 people arrested as relocation issue seethes

POLICE arrested 30 people involved in a violent protest in northwest China's Gansu Province, a local official said at a press conference in Longnan Ci...

Online animal trade a wild card

ONLINE trade has become a new outlet for illegal wildlife businesses, posing a significant challenge for conservation efforts, international animal-...

54 new charter flights to Taiwan each week

Beijing doubles cash spent on renovations

November 21

On this day in 1910, Qian Zhongshu, one of the China’s most famous modern literary scholars and writers, was born in Jiangsu Province. He was best known for his novel Fortress Besieged. He was the deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

World news

Grenade attack kills Thai protester

A GRENADE attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office killed one person and wounded 29 yesterday, raising fears of a return to a c...

Call for UN action to combat piracy

THE African Union has called on the United Nations to send peacekeepers to Somalia as soon as possible, as piracy off the east African nation's coast ...

Climate change sparks fears of malaria spread

At a click: European culture of 2000 years

Volunteers get busy making Korea’s best-known dish, kimchi, during a charity event in Seou...

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Sport news

Portugal takes a beating in Brazil

BRAZIL gave beleaguered coach Dunga some respite on Wednesday by thumping Portugal 6-2 in a friendly, helped by a hat-trick from striker Luis Fabiano....

Nightmare for Lundqvist as Canucks hit 6 past Rangers

THE Vancouver Canucks fired five goals past the New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist, one of the NHL's top goaltenders, on the way to a 6-3 victory on W...

Liang, Stern share lead in Hong Kong

Wakamatsu is first Asian-American manager

Argentina’s coach Diego Maradona gestures during the match against Scotland at Hampden Par...

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Feature

When royal power had the seal of approval

IN ancient times, a royal seal was revered - a powerful symbol of authority not to be taken lightly. They were also works of art reflecting both histo...