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A middle class family tragedy -- Husband killed wife, then jumped off 7F, leaving their 20-month-old son orphaned
6am, Oct 11 2009, a loud thump woke up quite a few people in Wenhua Garden residence compound. They soon found there was a body lying on the ground close to a car with some indents. Apparently he jumped off the building and then hit the car before he landed on the ground. It was Mr.Zhou who lived on the third floor in building 36.More
Strong bad smell in Zhang JiangMay 5, 2009
Around 2pm today, some quite pungent smell started spreading out in Medicine Valley (药谷) of Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Zone (张江高科技园区). Some people who were close to the origin of the smell soon felt a little nauseate and sick. The news propogated very quickly. Lots of companies, although not many of them are really close to the origin of the smell and were not really in the reach of the smell, decided to let all the people stop working and leave Zhang Jiang as soon as possible. There are however still many companies who did not want their operations to be interrupted. Many employees in these companies started wearing masks. More
Auto Shanghai 2009 opened in the evening of April 21, 2009. While automobile sales has been dropping in a global scale, it is still climbing up in China. So the expo attracted most auto manufacturers in the world. April 22 was the first day of the expo. Numerous people went to the expo. More
Four hours from Shanghai to Beijing by train by 2011
Recently Shanghai railway bureau reported that the high speed railway between Shanghai and Beijing will be completed by 2011. It will take only four hours then to reach Beijing from Shanghai. Now it takes even 12 hours for the express trains which do not stop between Shanghai and Beijing.More
All indoor smoking areas will probably be remvoed in Shanghai by 2011
During a meeting held by Shanghai government yesterday, Shanghai Public Health Organization declared that Shanghai were going to put more efforts on prohibiting smoking in public between 2009 and 2011.More
3G cellphone service soon to be launched in Shanghai
Recently, China Unicom, one of the three cell phone service providers of China, has confirmed that its 3G service will be launched in Shanghai around May 17, the World Telecom Day.
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Tallest building race in Lu Jia Zui
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower(东方明珠电视塔) had been the tallest building of Shanghai for many years since it was built in 1994. It is 468 meters high. In 2008, Shanghai World Financial Center (环球金融中心) was built and became the new tallest building. Its height is 492 meters. However, this record is not going to be held long.
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Performance Art going hot in Metro
Most Chinese tend to be a little traditional and conservative. So performance art was seldom seen in China. Shanghai was not an exception. However, recently a great deal of performance art has been seen in Shanghai metro.Read more.
Istan retreating from Middle Huai Hai Road
Rumors came true. Istan(伊势丹) on Middle Huai Hai Road(淮海中路), one of the first foreign department stores in Shanghai that has been operating for more than 15 years, will be closed at the end of 2008. The evacuation from the building will start from Dec 14 and Dec16 will be the last day of Estan Middle Huai Hai Road.More
Herbicide leak causing air in multiple areas smell pungent
Lots of residents in multiple areas of Shanghai smelled something pungent in the air. A few people actually felt a little sick after smelling that and went to hospital. The smell lasted a few hours and then faded away.More
The old town Zhu Jia Jiao does not charge for entry fee any more.
Zhu Jia Jiao (朱家角) is the closest old town to urban Shanghai. Other old towns like Zhou Zhuang(周庄), Tong Li(同里) or Xi Tang(西塘) are a lot furthur away. Recently the administration of Zhu Jia Jiao has decided to stop charging for entry fee any more. Read more.
Slovakian artist Roman Ondak stops showing his works on Biennale
2008 Shanghai Biennale opened 9/9/2008 in Shanghai Art Museum. It attracted a lot of visitors and looked like going to be a succesful show. But something unexpected happpened just two days after the opening. Irritated by visitors writing and painting on his work, the Slovakian artist Roman Ondak decided to quit the Biennale with his work. The area where used to be his work has been empty and sealed.Read more.
Air Defense Alarm Test 9/20
Shanghai government is planning testing the Air Defense Alarm system on the 20th of September, 2008. The test will be consisting of three phases:
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New Metro Routes
Metro 6, Metro 8, Metro9, extended route of Metro 1 and Metro 4 were put into operation 29th Dec, 2007. It is supposed to be a big day for Shanghai Citizens. But those who have taken the new metro routes found that there are various problems and the experience is really not good.
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