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New Zealand City, 1 hour 41 minutes ago / There will be an extra reason for teams to do well in the first ranking leg of the Asian Rugby Sevens Series in Shanghai this weekend (September 4-5) - that is grabbing the psychological high ground before the upcoming Asian Games in Guangzhou in November.
South China Morning Post - Hong Kong, 2 hours 41 minutes ago / The team of undersecretaries and political assistants are to make their first group visit to the mainland, where they will meet top Beijing officials and see economic and urban developments in Shanghai.
South China Morning Post - Hong Kong, 3 hours 10 minutes ago / Ningbo Port plans to tighten its partnership with rival Shanghai after Ningbo Port's initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on September 14.
Sky Sports News, 6 hours 49 minutes ago / Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has announced he will travel to try and retain his Roewe Shanghai Masters title next week.
eTaiwanNews.com, 7 hours 41 minutes ago / An Eva Airways 747-400 landed safely Thursday night at Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport even though three tires on one of its four four-wheel main undercarriages went flat, a spokesman for the carrier said Friday.
PR Newswire, 8 hours 11 minutes ago / SHANGHAI , Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. ("China-Biotics", the "Company") (Nasdaq: CHBT), the leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of probiotics products in China , today announced the schedule for the Investor Day, which will be held on Monday, September 20, 2010 , in Shanghai .
TheNews.pl - Poland, 11 hours 55 minutes ago / Polish vocalist Marika has given a concert at the Polish Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
Eastday - China, 12 hours 44 minutes ago / Shanghai, Sep.3,2010---To mark the closing of the six-month long cultural program of the Netherlands'presentation during the World Expo in Shanghai, and to seal the wonderful cooperation between the Netherlands and China on many different artistic levels, the Netherlands presents a special gift to Shanghai and its people: On Saturday 4 September 2010 the artwork TREE HUGGER by artist Edwin Zwakman will be revealed in Shanghai's Changfeng park.
Ticker, 14 hours 10 minutes ago / 5:00 PM Hong Kong, China – Stocks in China fell but in Hong Kong rallied near close.
Hong Kong Department of Health, 14 hours 39 minutes ago / At the invitation of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, 16 Under Secretaries and Political Assistants will visit Shanghai from September 5 to September 8.
Bloomberg.com, 14 hours 52 minutes ago / Shanghai will allow banks and companies based in the city to use offshore yuan for investment in a trial program, according to a statement on the local government's website.
Telegraph - London - UK, 15 hours 39 minutes ago / Drakeford, 45, began researching the history of Shanghai rugby at the start of the year after a friend and fellow club committee member, Charles Johnson, discovered there was a Drakeford on the team that played in the first Interport match between Shanghai and Tianjin in 1907 - a Thomas Goode Drakeford.
Slovak Spectator, 16 hours 23 minutes ago / The Slovak exhibition at the World EXPO in the Chinese city of Shanghai was visited by Lady Catherine Ashton, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policies, on August 31, the press department of Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Ministry told the TASR newswire.
Global Infomine, 16 hours 50 minutes ago / Copper prices were steady on Friday, with a slight downside bias, as Shanghai and London futures traded just shy of four-month highs, but the recent run of data-led gains was checked by worries about U.S. jobs data.
People's Daily, 17 hours 35 minutes ago / The track-laying work of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway recently started after a track-laying machine quietly laid a 500-meter-long rail at the Xuzhou East Station.
eTaiwanNews.com, 19 hours 56 minutes ago / Taipei, Sept. 3 (CNA) An Eva Airways flight from Shanghai to Taiwan blew three tires Thursday after landing at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, a spokesman for the carrier said Friday, adding that there were no injuries.
Ministry of Commerce of the People`s Republic of China, 20 hours 25 minutes ago / The ongoing Shanghai World Expo has been a large platform for all walks of life to conduct investment solicitation, and participating countries and international organizations as well as domestic provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions successively hold investment solicitation and negotiation activities on the National Pavilion Day, anniversary and activity week with the Expo investment solicitation confirmed the focus of Shanghai foreign investment in the latter half of the year.
China Daily, 20 hours 45 minutes ago / Ping An Insurance (Group) Co and Shenzhen Development Bank shares surged in Shanghai on Thursday in anticipation of better profits after the former decided to acquire a controlling stake in the latter late on Wednesday.
PR Newswire, 21 hours ago / SHANGHAI , Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States , announced today that its manufacturing subsidiary, Shanghai SynTheAll Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (STA) passed the ISO 14001: 2004 inspection conducted by SGS Group on July 1 and received formal ISO 14001 certification on July 30 .
Shanghai Daily, 21 hours 5 minutes ago / The mayor of Barcelona, Jordi Hereu (left), presents a special gift to Shanghai - a replica of Antonio Gaudi's dragon, a symbol representing the city of Barcelona, to Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng yesterday at the Barcelona Pavilion, where the Barcelona Special Day was being celebrated.
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
Shanghai (; Shanghainese: Zånhae ; ) is the most populous city in China and one of the most populous cities in the world.
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