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Chtrak – FAQ

January 1, 2010
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FAQ: Traveling Onboard FAQ: Reservations & Ticketing FAQ: Amtrak Guest Rewards Privacy Policy Terms of Use   Q:what is the difference between first class seat and second class seat A:First class is luxury class same as on the plane and second class is economy class!   How to Take the Train Should you have...

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Quality hotels on the cheap in Beijing and Shanghai

January 1, 2010
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China’s two biggest cities, Beijing and Shanghai, are also the country’s most frequently visited. But for both foreign and domestic visitors, the question of where to stay has always been a tricky one. Traditionally they had only two choices: star-rated hotels featuring quality services, fabulous facilities, and startlingly high prices; or small cheap inns...

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One Day Shanghai EXPO Tour From $81pax

January 1, 2010
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One Day Shanghai EXPO Tour From $81pax

Today’s activities: The World EXPO Venues Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning, Visit the The EXPO Venues Lunch in the expo center Go to watch the Chinese traditional tea ceremony Drop-off service at your hotel and end today trip. (L) Possibly Related Posts: Shanghai Day trip from Shanghai Pudong...

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6 Days Shanghai,Water Town,Suzhou Tour From $540pax

January 1, 2010
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6 Days Shanghai,Water Town,Suzhou Tour From $540pax

Day 1:Shanghai On arrival, our guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at airport or train station and transfer to the hotel. Day 2:Shanghai Today’s activities: The World EXPO Venues,lunch,Acrobatic show Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning, Visit the The EXPO Venues Lunch In the evening: Shanghai...

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5 Days Shanghai,Water Town Tour From $408pax

January 1, 2010
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5 Days Shanghai,Water Town Tour From $408pax

Day by day itinerary and tour price details Day 1:Shanghai On arrival, our guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at airport or train station and transfer to the hotel. Day 2:Shanghai Today’s activities: The World EXPO Venues,lunch,Acrobatic show Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning, Visit the...

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4 Days Shanghai Tour From $297pax

January 1, 2010
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4 Days Shanghai Tour From $297pax

Day by day itinerary and tour price details Day 1:Shanghai On arrival, our guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at airport or train station and transfer to the hotel. Day 2:Shanghai Today’s activities: The World EXPO Venues,lunch,Acrobatic show Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning, Visit the...

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Security tightened for US-bound flights

January 1, 2010
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China has strengthened security checks for flights heading to the United States after a Nigerian man attempted to detonate explosives aboard a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit on Christmas day. A secondary security check is required at the boarding gates for America-bound flights, passengers have been told to report at airports earlier, and are...

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Dragon TV Holds a New Year Gala to Welcome the World Expo

December 19, 2009
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The New Year Gala of Shanghai City has begun counting down. Group of directors said to our reporters that three main venues will be No.1 City Landmark, the Bund, Oriental Plaza and Zikawei. The World Expo is the chief theme of the gala. Secretary of National Expo Department, World Expo said that Shanghai has...

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Old Parks change faces Quietly Star-raged Parks number 83

December 19, 2009
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During rebuilding of old parks to welcome the World Expo, Shanghai and citylandscaping departments of its 18 districts has added fitness equipments, chairs and pavilions these entertainment facilities and personalized services to enhance layout, basic facilities, cultural contents and landscape and improved landscape builds effect and service. According to the latest statistics, there are...

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No.1 Wounded of Rockets Comes Back to Shanghai to Stay for 1 Month

December 17, 2009
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Yao Ming will be sure to attend the first game of the new season in CBA, and this was confirmed by Shanghai Shark Club yesterday afternoon. A special link is prepared which is the raise of the champion flag of Shanghai Team. Yao, guests, fans and reporters will witness this exciting scene. “After the...

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From Copenhagen to Shanghai

December 17, 2009
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Climate Summit in Copenhagen is holding in Denmark and energy conservation and environmental protection are core elements of the whole summit. To achieve this, every country has moved their key study to high-technology of use of clean energies. As we known, “Better City Better Life” is the theme of 2010 Shanghai World Expo, so...

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Line 7 of Shanghai Expo Express in trial operation in this year

December 17, 2009
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A subway train with an orange wasitband ran into Jingansi Station, 10:20 A.M. yesterday. Staying for 2 minutes, this train contiunued running to the direction of the Dockyard Road. This is the new train for Line 7 which will be in trial operation. As the blueprint, construction of Line 7 has reached final sprint...

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Expo 2010 Shanghai China

December 3, 2009
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Expo 2010 will be held in Shanghai, China and is a scheduled World Expo in the grand tradition of international fairs and expositions. The theme of the exposition will be “Better City – Better Life” and signifies Shanghai’s new status in the 21st century as a major economic and cultural center. It is expected...

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Shanghai

December 3, 2009
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Etymology History Geography and climate Politics Shanghai (Chinese: 上海) is the largest city in China, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people.Located on China’s central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality of the People’s Republic of...

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Yangtze River Delta

December 1, 2009
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The Yangtze River Delta, Yangtze Delta or YRD, also called Yangzi, or Chang Jiang Delta, Rive Chang Delta Tai Lake Region or the Golden Triangle of the Yangtze , generally comprises the triangular-shaped territory of Wu-speaking Shanghai, southern Jiangsu province and northern Zhejiang province of China. The area lies at the heart of the...

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Three dead, four injured in cargo plane crash in Shanghai

November 28, 2009
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Latest update: The U.S. Embassy in China says three Americans are dead after a Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed during takeoff at Shanghai’s main international airport. Spokesman Richard Buangan says three Americans are confirmed dead and a fourth American is injured. He does not know the injured person’s condition. Fire engines and debris are seen...

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English speakers invited to view Shanghai Expo Online in January

November 26, 2009
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PARIS, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) — The Executive Committee for the Expo 2010 Shanghai formally unveiled the online version of the Expo to the 146th General Assembly of the Bureau of International Exhibition (BIE), inviting worldwide English speakers to visit the virtual site in January. By using internet technologies, the online version of Expo 2010...

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Disneyland’s final location of 116 hectares in Shanghai announced

November 26, 2009
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BEIJING, Nov. 24 — Shanghai version of the Magic Kingdom will be located at the Chuansha town of Pudong New Area, covering 116 hectares, according to the theme park’s final plans announced on the National Development and Reform Commission website yesterday. The Disneyland project, which will be jointly developed by Chinese and United States...

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Shanghai Falls 3.5% on Monetary-Policy Worry

November 26, 2009
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SHANGHAI—China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index had its biggest single-day fall in nearly three months as concerns that Beijing will tighten monetary policy led to profit-taking. The index fell 3.5% at 3223.53 after gaining 11% this month and rising in 13 of 16 sessions before Tuesday. Tuesday’s fall was the biggest since Aug. 31, when...

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British Airways Aims to Make Travel to Shanghai Easier

November 20, 2009
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Reports now show that British Airways is adding an additional flight to Shanghai come this December. This will take the carrier’s number of services to Shanghai from five to six per week as of December 4th, 2009. This decision has been taken due to the increase in customer demand for the very popular destination....

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Pudong gets C919 final assembly line

November 19, 2009
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SHANGHAI: Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd (COMAC), which is in charge of the indigenous C919 passenger airplane program, announced yesterday that it would set up its final assembly line in the city’s Pudong New District. The center, located south of Pudong International Airport, is divided into Pudong Base and Dachang Base, with the...

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Hillary Clinton appeals for sponsorship for Shanghai World Expo U.S. pavilion

November 18, 2009
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SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid a visit to 2010 Shanghai Expo site on Monday, when she appealed for sponsorship for the U.S. pavilion. “I know there are some audience still contemplating sponsorship and maybe in negotiation with the U.S. pavilion team,” she said. “Now it’s the time...

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Shanghai fund index midday up 0.04% underperforming

November 18, 2009
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Shanghai and Shenzhen fund index continued to rise on Wednesday morning and both set a new high in the current round of rounding, but underperformed the market. More than 40% closed-end fund in the two cities closed up. Shanghai fund index opened at 4760.65 points, 5.03 points higher and midday closed at 4757.60 points,...

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CMS debut weak by Shanghai standard

November 18, 2009
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China Merchants Securities on Tuesdeay notched up the worst first-day performance by any newly listed stock in Shanghai since a 10-month ban on initial public offerings was lifted in June. The brokerage – which raised Rmb11.1bn in China’s third largest new mainland offering this year – ended its first day of trade up only...

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Banks vie for Taiwan business

November 18, 2009
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THE Bank of China and its rivals are vying to be the first to open a branch in Taiwan after a long-awaited memorandum of understanding between the Chinese mainland and the island was signed. Li Lihui, president of the Bank of China, said he would immediately apply to open a branch in Taiwan. The...

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Long Yu brings Shanghai Symphony to Berkeley

November 18, 2009
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Long Yu, newly appointed conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, brooks no nonsense from critics who assert that Chinese musicians interpret standard Western classical music differently from their European or American counterparts. “It doesn’t matter, it’s the same,” said Yu, who will lead the musicians in works by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff and Chinese composer Chen...

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Emily Chang, CNN Reporter, Detained In Shanghai Over Obama-Mao T-Shirt

November 18, 2009
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Orders to prevent sales of T-shirts showing Obama dressed like communist revolutionary Mao Zedong are in force during the president’s visit — and Chinese officials mean it, as a CNN reporter found out. Correspondent Emily Chang reported that she went searching for Oba-Mao souvenirs at Shanghai’s Yatai Xinyang market. Finding none, she pulled out...

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Disney Shanghai: Good for China, Bad for Hong Kong

November 18, 2009
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It’s been a crummy 24 hours for the Hong Kong tourism industry. The first piece of bad news: China has given the green light to Disney to build a theme park in Shanghai. The $3.5 billion Chinese facility will sprawl across about 1,000 acres which will dwarf Hong Kong Disneyland’s 296 acre lot. Mainland...

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Shanghai Party chief meets U.S. President Obama

November 18, 2009
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SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Shanghai Party chief Yu Zhengsheng met visiting U.S. President Barack Obama Monday, the second day of his China trip. Shanghai played an important role in the history of Sino-U.S. relations. The signing of the Shanghai Communiqué in 1972 marked the normalization of the bilateral ties, said Yu, member of...

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Boeing gets new hangar at Shanghai Pudong

October 16, 2009
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SHANGHAI: Boeing yesterday opened an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) two-bay hangar at Pudong International Airport as scheduled despite the sluggish aviation market. The hangar, capable of housing two B747 airplanes, is also the first MRO facility at the airport. “China and Asia are the global leaders in aviation growth and the newly...

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