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A photographer takes pictures at the model of the private-jet airbase today.Shanghai start...

Shanghai breaks ground on first private-jet airport

By Li Xinran and Dong Zhen | 2008-12-5

SHANGHAI started construction today on its first private-jet airport for small jets. The Shanghai Airport Authority officially began work on the project at Hongqiao International Airport this morning. The private-jet airport...

China, US end talk with consensus, promise funds for foreign trades

CHINA and the United States concluded a high-profile economic dialogue this morning, with "important consensus" reached on the financial turmoil and c...

Editor's desk

Shanghai Daily bows out of table tennis tournament

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Metro news

Cold alert issued as city gets a blast of winter

A COLD weather alert was issued this morning at 5am by the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau. It forecast a high of 5 degrees Celsius today. The bure...

Construction set for Metro lines 12, 13

CONSTRUCTION will start soon on subway lines 12 and 13, Shanghai Morning Post said today. Line 12 will link Minhang District with Pudong New Area ...

Robbery, hostage siege

System announced for tracking food quality

Expo Memo

Business licenses issued to foreign exhibitors

THE Shanghai Expo organizer issued the first business lice...

Public vote for Expo volunteer logo

THE Shanghai World Expo organizer yesterday launched a compe...

Vote for your favorite Expo volunteer logo design

THE Shanghai World Expo organizer today launched a global ...

Business news

China, US end talk with consensus, promise funds for foreign trades

CHINA and the United States concluded a high-profile economic dialogue this morning, with "important consensus" reached on the financial turmoil and c...

China pledges to further open financial services sector

CHINA today pledged to further its open financial services sector and further integrate into global markets. The pledge came at the end of the tw...

Stock index gains, up 7.9% on the week

Zhou urges China to be ready for worst-case event

biz insight

Appliances search for new homes

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National news

Sichuan to release 2,000 elderly, ill inmates

SICHUAN Province will release 2,000 senior or sick prisoners on probation by next year for humanitarian reasons and to reduce expenses in its prison...

4 sentenced to death over murder spree

FOUR men were sentenced to death for killing eight people over nine years, according to Beijing Times. Between December 1999 and January 2007, th...

School officials face charges over deadly poisoning in dorm

Former intelligence chief is jailed

December 5

On this day in 1949, the Beijing Xinhua Radio Station changed its name to China National Radio and became the country’s official radio station. The station was established on December 30, 1940, during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. It now has nine channels and 39 bureaus throughout the country.

World news

Canadian PM wins suspension of Parliament

CANADIAN Prime Minister Stephen Harper won a rare suspension of Parliament yesterday, managing to avoid being ousted by opposition parties angry over ...

US farmers hold their noses at idea to charge gaseous cows

BELCHING and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if a US federal proposal to charge fees for air-polluting animals becomes law. ...

India on high alert for more attacks

Illness prevents Thai king speaking to the nation

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard during heightened security checks at Chennai Inte...

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Sport news

Sharks' captain, another player suspended 10 games for attack on opponent

SHANGHAI Sharks players Liu Wei and Cai Liang were each suspended for 10 games and fined 50,000 yuan (US$7,300) for their involvement in a post-game a...

Liu ankle surgery scheduled tonight

FORMER Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang will have ankle surgery in Houston at 9:30pm Beijing time today. Houston Rockets doctor Tom Clanton wi...

Honda will pull out of F1 within 3 months if buyer isn't found

Hamburg lead big guns into knockout phase

Zilina's Dusan Pernis (L) clears the ball from Aston Villa's Carlos Cuellar during their U...

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Feature

Late-starting artist's future as big as his landscapes

EMERGING artist Song Yonghua may not have begun creating art until nine years after graduation, but his first set of work clearly indicates he is on t...

Not just a pretty vase

THE vase or "ping" - also meaning "peace" - is a traditional Chinese icon, and a silkscreen print maker breaks it up, rearranges it and puts it back t...