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Nobel Prize laureate becomes permanent Shanghai resident - April 02, 2018
Kurt Wüthrich, a Swiss scientist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, became a permanent Shanghai resident on Monday. The 79-year-old, who now works at Shanghai Science and Technology University, was the first
Replicas of grottoes on show at tallest tower - March 30, 2018
THREE grottoes at Dunhuang in northwest China have been replicated in the city’s tallest building for an exhibition which opens next month. The full-size facsimiles — two grottoes from Mogao Caves and
World-class pingpong museum showcases the best of the sport - March 30, 2018
THE International Table Tennis Federation Museum and China Table Tennis Museum will open in Shanghai tomorrow. It is China’s first world-class sports museum and is located at 796 Jumen Rd — next to the
Mayor meets Cameroon president to seek more cooperation in trade, culture and tourism - March 29, 2018
Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong met Paul Biya, president of Cameroon, and his delegation on March 24. Ying welcomed his guests and said Cameroon is a friendly country and an important cooperation partner of
Shanghai Party chief welcomes more investment from Taiwan - March 29, 2018
Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang met Eric Chu Li-lun, mayor of New Taipei City, and his delegation on March 25. Li expressed his gratitude for Chu’s effort in promoting the cross-strait relations and
High-tech projects cleaning up traditional industry in Baoshan - March 28, 2018
CONSTRUCTION is starting on a number of high-tech projects in the city’s traditional industry base in the north, covering robotics, new-energy vehicles and information technology. Laboratories, research
Gongqing Park to host forest flower exhibition - March 28, 2018
THE urban forest flower exhibition, which opens on Friday at the Gongqing Forest Park in Yangpu District, will feature 3D paintings, gardening landscape, flower boats and fairy tale forest houses. The
Mayor meets guests from USA and UK respectively - March 27, 2018
Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong met Carlos Gimenez, mayor of Maimi-Dade County, and Charles Bowman, the lord mayor of the City of London, respectively on March 23. Ying signed a 2019- 2022 memorandum of cooperation
Haichang Ocean Park to open in August - March 27, 2018
THE Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park, which is set to open in August in the Pudong New Area, will feature a mermaid bay, polar town, snow kingdom, submarine world and ocean tribe. Visitors will be taken on
A panorama of Shanghai history unfolds for public viewing - March 26, 2018
SHANGHAI History Museum opens to the public today, with a sweeping perspective of the city from 4000 BC to the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. More than 1,000 exhibition pieces trace
