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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Shanghai News.Net http://www.theshanghainews.net/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:22 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:22 -0400 30 A series of explosions at a chemical plant left 18 people dead and two missing in southwest China's Guangxi region, the government and state media said Wednesday. http://www.theshanghainews.net/story/399616 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:01:41 -0400 The Shanghai News.Net http://www.theshanghainews.net/story/399616 An explosion at a chemical plant has left 16 people dead and six missing in southwest China's Guangxi region, the State Administration of Work Safety said Wednesday. http://www.theshanghainews.net/story/399393 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:00:55 -0400 The Shanghai News.Net http://www.theshanghainews.net/story/399393 If you are interested in something related to the Olympic Games, you could go in for NBA star Yao Ming's bed or the ancient Chinese drums used in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Media r... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17271011&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:42:42 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17271011&cat=360231fd461d67ac China has rolled out a new program for the development of four functional population zones. Its purpose is rational demographic distribution and migration, the National Population and Family Planning ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17271010&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:42:41 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17271010&cat=360231fd461d67ac Rapidly growing fiscal revenue helped the country reduce its central fiscal deficit last year, despite heavy investment in rural and western regions, Finance Minister Xie Xuren Wednesday. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17266692&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:00:55 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17266692&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- The Chinese government has approved a plan to restore normal life and production over the next three years in the areas devastated by the May 12 earthquake. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17266691&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:00:57 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17266691&cat=360231fd461d67ac The country's economy has maintained steady and rapid growth in the first half but faces increasing uncertainty for the rest of the year, a senior government official said Wednesday. "Negative impact... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17265668&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:00:53 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17265668&cat=360231fd461d67ac Central government departments and their subordinate units misused or embezzled about 4.52 billion yuan ($661.09 million) last year, for which 14 officials have been detained, the country's top audito... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17267838&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:00:52 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17267838&cat=360231fd461d67ac DUSHANBE -- China and Tajikistan have reached broad consensus on deepening bilateral cooperation in politics, economy, trade and their efforts to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement issue... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17266390&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:00:50 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17266390&cat=360231fd461d67ac HONG KONG, Aug. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited ("Shanghai Petrochemical" or the "Company") (HKEx: 338; SSE: 600688; NYSE: SHI) announced today the u... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17257421&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:09:16 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17257421&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING - China's top auditor Liu Jiayi said on Wednesday that the National Audit Office (NAO) found 117 cases of fund embezzlement in 2007. Liu, NAO auditor-general, revealed the figure here when he... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17250031&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:10:34 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17250031&cat=360231fd461d67ac DUSHANBE - Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon and visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged to push forward the good-neighborly and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides on Wednesday. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17251102&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:10:33 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17251102&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING - Chinese shares edged down on Wednesday, falling for a second consecutive day, as higher world crude prices hit airline and oil company stocks. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.34 perc... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17245501&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:11:00 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17245501&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING - PetroChina Company Limited reported Wednesday that its first-half net profit slid 34.5 percent year-on-year, reduced by below-cost fuel prices and windfall taxes. Net profit totaled 53.62 b... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17248349&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:10:59 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17248349&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING - China National Offshore Oil Company Limited (CNOOC Ltd.) said Wednesday that its first-half net profit rose sharply by 89.3 percent year on year amid high oil price and solid operational per... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17248350&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:10:58 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17248350&cat=360231fd461d67ac Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum met with the visiting Mayor of Shanghai, Han Zheng, to discuss relations between the regional busine... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17242592&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:37:31 -0400 Select Property http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17242592&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- Public security officials will conduct a national school bus safety campaign in September and October. Buses that transport high school, elementary school and nursery school students will ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17242291&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:44:29 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17242291&cat=360231fd461d67ac DUSHANBE, August 27 (RIA Novosti) - The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will discuss the situation in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia at a two-day summit which opens on Wednes... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17242593&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:36:50 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17242593&cat=360231fd461d67ac DP World, Dubai World's flagship global marine terminal operator hosted a 17-member high-level civic delegation from Shanghai, China, led by His Excellency Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17237734&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:56:45 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17237734&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- China on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction with a US official's comments on China's human rights issues, and urged the US government to educate its citizens to obey the laws of other countr... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17235142&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:21:27 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17235142&cat=360231fd461d67ac Photo taken on Aug. 26, 2008 shows a view of the in Shanghai, east China. The 101-storey, 492-meter-tall building will be opened to the public on Aug. 30. (Xinhua Photo) http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17235430&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:13:29 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17235430&cat=360231fd461d67ac Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum met here Tuesday with visiting Mayor of Chinese city of Shanghai Han Zheng over ties between D... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17235432&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:13:25 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17235432&cat=360231fd461d67ac Local people walk with their bicycles in rain in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Aug. 25, 2008. Torrential rain swept through Shanghai on Monday, causing flight delays and flooding more than 60 do... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17235440&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:12:32 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17235440&cat=360231fd461d67ac LHASA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- About 2,000 people were safely evacuated from their homes after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region late on Monday. Authorities on Tue... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17232571&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:16:39 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17232571&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of China's top political advisory body met on Tuesday to call for ideas to help the balanced development of the country's urban and rural areas. The chairman and... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17232572&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:16:32 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17232572&cat=360231fd461d67ac Children of migrant workers will have the same education opportunities as their urban counterparts before the end of this year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said Tuesday. "The central government w... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17233547&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:43:00 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17233547&cat=360231fd461d67ac China's Olympic gold medalists will each get a tax-free bonus of 350,000 yuan ($51,000), almost double that paid out after the 2004 Athens Games, local media reported Tuesday. The awards are 150,000 ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17231937&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:42:55 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17231937&cat=360231fd461d67ac China will follow the path of peaceful development and mutually beneficial strategy as it opens up further to the outside world, President Hu Jintao said Tuesday. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17233550&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:42:54 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17233550&cat=360231fd461d67ac (post-'80s generation) selfish, apathetic and materialistic. Like many people her age, 19-year-old Cao Si from Hunan doesn't like the stereotype. Still, she admits: "It's kind of true." Cao puts it ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17233551&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:42:51 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17233551&cat=360231fd461d67ac Once bitten by a snake, a Chinese proverb says, a man will fear even a piece of rope for the next ten years. So what can a small farmer do when he is dissatisfied with his elected officials? For Gao ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17233552&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:42:49 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17233552&cat=360231fd461d67ac The municipal government is to speed up improvements to this city's underground drainage system.On Monday, torrential rain flooded hundreds of roads and homes, causing great inconvenience to residents... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17232553&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:34:40 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17232553&cat=360231fd461d67ac Chinese President Hu Jintao (R Front) shakes hands with South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung Soo during their meeting in Seoul, capital of South Korea, Aug. 26, 2008. (Xinhua/Ju Peng) http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17228653&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:28:58 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17228653&cat=360231fd461d67ac http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS-92-8-1190 > [Ref: HD Wang et al: Recent _Rice stripe virus_ epidemics in Zhejiang Province, China, and experiments on sowing date, disease-... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17221697&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:07:38 -0400 Seed Quest http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17221697&cat=360231fd461d67ac SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao of China proposed increased cooperation with the Republic of Korea (ROK) in various fields at a meeting with ROK Prime Minister Han Seung-so here Tuesday... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17216483&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:46:59 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17216483&cat=360231fd461d67ac NANNING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers said that at least five people were killed, 55 others were injured and 14 were missing after a chemical plant explosion in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomo... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17216484&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:46:52 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17216484&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China is considering establishing a new crime concerning pyramid sales in its draft amendment to the Criminal Law submitted to the country's top legislature, a step to fur... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211168&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:27:53 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211168&cat=360231fd461d67ac The closing ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, which ended on Sunday, has been hailed by media across the world as a huge success. Th... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211170&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:27:46 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211170&cat=360231fd461d67ac SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao said Tuesday that China and South Korea should strengthen coordination and cooperation to jointly cope with challenges. Addressing a... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211171&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:27:39 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211171&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 26 -- The odd-even license plate rule brought in to keep cars off the streets of Beijing during the Olympics will be lifted in some areas from Thursday, the city's traffic management b... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211172&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:27:31 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211172&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Looking at the piles of snow-white cotton harvested from his 18 mu (1.2 hectares) of fields, Niyazi could not help grinning. The 40-year-old farmer from northwest China's ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211167&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:28:07 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211167&cat=360231fd461d67ac LHASA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- As of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, 174 aftershocks were recorded in Zhongba County in southwestern Tibet, following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake late on Monday, the Tibet Autonomous R... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211169&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:27:59 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17211169&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- The increase in China's retail sales volume exceeded 20 percent year on year in the last eight months and is still accelerating, enough to sustain economic growth above 9.5 percent for the ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17210159&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:55:28 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17210159&cat=360231fd461d67ac Beijing man Yang Jia, who allegedly murdered six policemen and injured another four in a knife attack in Shanghai last month, stood trial on Tuesday charged with premeditated murder, according to the ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17210275&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:48:07 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17210275&cat=360231fd461d67ac Dubai, Aug 26 : Two booming Asian cities, Dubai and Shanghai, are going to strengthen mutual cooperation and expand bilateral ties in the field of municipal work in pursuance of a twinning agreement s... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17206985&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:42:10 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17206985&cat=360231fd461d67ac SEOUL -- China will unswervingly follow a path of peaceful development and a reciprocal win-win strategy in its opening-up process, said visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao here on Tuesday. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17206620&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:52:39 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17206620&cat=360231fd461d67ac SEOUL -- China and South Korea will strengthen cooperation on World Expo, said visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao here Tuesday. Hu said he and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak reached imp... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17205861&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:52:38 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17205861&cat=360231fd461d67ac LHASA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked Zhongba County, Xigaze prefecture in Tibet at 9:22 p.m. on Monday, but no casualties have been reported. Th... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17202182&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:06:17 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17202182&cat=360231fd461d67ac China will help Laos develop a telecommunications satellite and a ground station, as well as train relevant staff under a recent agreement, Laotian newspaper Vientiane Times reported Monday. The Chin... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17201767&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:33:19 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17201767&cat=360231fd461d67ac SHANGHAI: Foreign educational institutions are holding seminars and exhibitions to lure more Chinese youngsters to study abroad. They are being helped by local educational consulting agencies as more... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17202196&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:33:15 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17202196&cat=360231fd461d67ac The China-Nepal Highway, which was partially blocked by a massive landslide a month ago, was fully reopened to traffic Monday. Escorted by officers and soldiers of the No 2 detachment of the China Ar... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17201768&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:33:18 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17201768&cat=360231fd461d67ac Less than three months after the State Council put its stamp on the patent law reform blueprint, the government Monday submitted the draft amendment to the Standing Committee of the National People's ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17204051&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:33:22 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17204051&cat=360231fd461d67ac Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd L), accompanied by President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Myung-bak (1st L), reviews the honor guard during the welcoming ceremony held by Lee Myung-bak at th... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17202181&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:06:23 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17202181&cat=360231fd461d67ac The Ministry of Health has been given primary responsibility for food safety supervision under the latest draft of the legislation that was submitted for its second reading to the National People's Co... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17201146&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:33:13 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17201146&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Almost two thirds of China's centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and their subsidiaries become share-holding companies after three decades of reform, the... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17202183&cat=360231fd461d67ac Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:06:10 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17202183&cat=360231fd461d67ac A pair of crested ibis, one of the world's most endangered bird species, is expected to arrive in the Republic of Korea (ROK) from China in two months, leading ROK newspaper JoongAng Daily has reporte... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17204054&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:33:12 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17204054&cat=360231fd461d67ac Usain Bolt's lightning gold-medal runs, in less time than an average person takes to write the shortest text message, reflects the pace of life in today's world. Till Sunday night, they were all part... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17198885&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:28:11 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17198885&cat=360231fd461d67ac Dubai: Dubai and the Chinese city of Shanghai have discussed ways to streng-then mutual cooperation and expand relations in the field of municipal activities, in the framework of a twinning agreement ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17192880&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:02:13 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17192880&cat=360231fd461d67ac BUDAPEST -- Fifty middle school students from southwest China's quake-hit Sichuan Province left for home Monday after spending three weeks of recuperation in Hungary at the invitation of the country's... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17190258&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:49:28 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17190258&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- Three bilateral treaties on criminal judicial assistance signed between China and Namibia, Pakistan and Japan were expected to be ratified by China's top legislature in a week. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17188336&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:49:26 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17188336&cat=360231fd461d67ac "The planned changes would involve policy adjustments in investment, taxation and real estate management," said the official who declined to be named. The official said the policy moves are still pen... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17182644&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:49:28 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17182644&cat=360231fd461d67ac Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) waves as he walks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Blue House in Seoul August 25, 2008. [Agencies] http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17179209&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:57:56 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17179209&cat=360231fd461d67ac or less and the impact from the planned liquidation is small, according to Hoya. -By Hiroyuki Kachi, Dow Jones Newswires, 813-5255-2929, hiroyuki.kachi@ dowjones.com Click here to go to Dow Jones... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17179686&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:52:39 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17179686&cat=360231fd461d67ac Torrential rain swept through Shanghai on Monday, causing flight delays and flooding more than 60 downtown roads. Thunderstorms began at about 6 a.m. in downtown Shanghai, and local weather and flood ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17179696&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:50:34 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17179696&cat=360231fd461d67ac The State Council recently announced the list of the second batch of state-level intangible cultural heritage, and Shanghai Taoist music was among them, according to Wen Wei Po.Taoism is one of China'... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17178797&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:50:33 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17178797&cat=360231fd461d67ac ALMATY -- One Chinese citizen was confirmed to be killed on Sunday in the crash of a Boeing-737 passenger jet near Bishkek, capital of Central Asia's Kyrgyzstan, said the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17173456&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:29:28 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17173456&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- Government officials with large assets from unidentified sources will face tougher penalties under the draft amendment of the Criminal Law that began making its way through China's top legi... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17176619&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:29:27 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17176619&cat=360231fd461d67ac The fall of 54 per cent in Shanghai share prices this year has taken valuations to much more attractive levels that compare with companies in the US, according to Jing Ulrich, head of China equities a... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17172102&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:35:31 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17172102&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- The sacred flame of the Beijing Olympic Games was extinguished on Sunday night, leaving behind numerous touching moments, sports legends, and unprecedented passion for the Olympic Movement ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17170107&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:57:02 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17170107&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING  -- China Construction Bank Corp. (CCB), the country's second-largest commercial lender by assets, reported its net profit jumped 71.34 percent to 58.69 billion yuan ($8.59 billion) in th... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17168078&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:51:56 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17168078&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic Games are "truly exceptional Games," said International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge at the Games' closing ceremony staged in the... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17161918&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:58:35 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17161918&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's central authorities on Sunday congratulated the Chinese athletes on their "achievement of a major historic breakthrough" and "significant contributions" to the B... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17161919&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:58:28 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17161919&cat=360231fd461d67ac Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses guests at a banquet marking the final day of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 24, 2008. Twenty-seven leaders fro... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17159392&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:19:34 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17159392&cat=360231fd461d67ac The International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave the Beijing Games a clear thumbs-up on Sunday, saying it is pleased by the smooth organization of the Games. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17156794&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:18:01 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17156794&cat=360231fd461d67ac NANNING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Downpours brought by Typhoon Nuri swept south China's Guangdong and Guangxi from Friday to Saturday, but no casualties have been reported. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17152330&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:32:59 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17152330&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug 23 (Xinhua) -- China is to cancel the decade-old administrative fees for individual-owned businesses and market vendors from Sept. 1. The cancellation was announced by the Ministry of... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17152331&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:32:52 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17152331&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Saturday met with Mongolian Prime Minister Sanj Bayar to discuss bilateral ties and the Beijing Olympics. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17152332&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:32:46 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17152332&cat=360231fd461d67ac Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao during their meeting in Beijing, China, Aug. 23, 2008. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met here Saturday morning with... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17145560&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:22:14 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17145560&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING - Triple Olympic sprint gold medalist Jamaican Usain Bolt on Saturday made a personal donation of US$50,000 to children in the earthquake-stricken Sichuan Province, and wished people there to ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17143710&cat=360231fd461d67ac Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:38:33 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17143710&cat=360231fd461d67ac YOKOHAMA — The Bank of Yokohama said Friday the Chinese financial authority has approved its plan to begin preparations to set up a branch office in Shanghai. The major regional lender intends... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17134353&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:10:49 -0400 Japan Today http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17134353&cat=360231fd461d67ac GUANGZHOU, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Tropical storm Nuri made landfall in Nanlang Town, Zhongshan City, of the southern Guangdong Province at 10:10 p.m. on Friday, packing winds of up toforce-10, or 90 km... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17131873&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:22:53 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17131873&cat=360231fd461d67ac Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping addresses the dinner banquet for members of the Olympic Family who are in Beijing to attend the Beijing Olympic Games at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, c... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17131874&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:22:46 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17131874&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Organs of the United Nations (UN) in China has raised about 15 million U.S. dollars in donations from the international community for the country's earthquake-hit areas, a... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17131875&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:22:40 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17131875&cat=360231fd461d67ac KUNMING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Local authorities on Friday confirmed two more people died in Thursday's 5.9-magnitude tremor in Yunnan Province, bringing the death toll to three, as a series of quakes h... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17131876&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:22:33 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17131876&cat=360231fd461d67ac Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) greets British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse after arriving in Beijing on August 22, 2008. Brown will attend the 2008 Beijing Olympic... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17120169&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:30:56 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17120169&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Friday offered his condolence to the death of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa at the Zambian embassy in China. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17116243&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:28:31 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17116243&cat=360231fd461d67ac Recapping Thurday's Olympic highlights Rocket man As predicted Cuban-sensation Dayron Robles confidently claimed gold in the men's 110 metre hurdles at the Bird's Nest last night. The 21-year-o... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17115855&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:28:31 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17115855&cat=360231fd461d67ac Mumbai, Aug 22 : Over 500 delegates from the hospitality and tourism industries are expected to attend the 44th Annual Convention 2008, being organised by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17109397&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:44:13 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17109397&cat=360231fd461d67ac Australia's Governor-General Michael Jeffery (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 22, 2008. Jeffery is in the city to attend the Beijing ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17109373&cat=360231fd461d67ac Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:50:17 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17109373&cat=360231fd461d67ac   The Summer Palace, the Great Wall, or maybe the Forbidden City -- they must be on your list of places to go when in Beijing. But today, we are taking you to a special place, where the royal fa... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17102882&cat=360231fd461d67ac Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:09:53 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17102882&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's largest lender, said on Thursday its first half after-tax profit totaled 64.88 billion yuan ($9.47 billion), which made it ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17102106&cat=360231fd461d67ac Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:09:52 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17102106&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- China values its friendly ties with Cuba and is willing to work with Cuba to push bilateral relationship to a new height, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17102639&cat=360231fd461d67ac Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:09:51 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17102639&cat=360231fd461d67ac As China carries out a sustainable development strategy that ties the economy with the environment, the country is putting more emphasis on market instruments and incentives to foster environmental pr... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17103874&cat=360231fd461d67ac Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:09:50 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17103874&cat=360231fd461d67ac China's top economic planner will see the focus of its work shifted to ensuring balanced economic growth and the number of its leading officials more than halfed, according to a plan approved by the c... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17103875&cat=360231fd461d67ac Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:09:48 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17103875&cat=360231fd461d67ac BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Thursday announced it would seek public opinion through August 25 on its administrative rules on qualifications of international contractors. http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17102640&cat=360231fd461d67ac Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:09:47 -0400 China Daily http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17102640&cat=360231fd461d67ac Wang Gang (R), a Communist Party of China (CPC) senior official and also vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with the Fi... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17098854&cat=360231fd461d67ac Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:45:34 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17098854&cat=360231fd461d67ac LHASA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Travel agencies will get bonuses for taking more tour groups to Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, the local government has announced. Gyangkar, ... http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17098855&cat=360231fd461d67ac Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:45:27 -0400 China View http://feeds.theshanghainews.net/?rid=17098855&cat=360231fd461d67ac