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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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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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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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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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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—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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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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, 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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