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March opening for big Shikumen complex - December 21, 2016
SHANGHAI’S largest Shikumen, or stone-gated houses, complex will reopen to the public in March as luxury hotels and service apartments after an eight-year restoration, officials said yesterday. However,
Han Zheng meets Chao Chung Ting and other distinguished researchers - December 20, 2016
SHANGHAI Party Secretary Han Zheng on Saturday met Samuel Chao Chung Ting, a Chinese-American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1976. Ting came to Shanghai to attend the second Fudan Science
Popular museum turns 15 - December 20, 2016
SHANGHAI Science and Technology Museum celebrated its 15th anniversary over the weekend. As one of the 20 most popular museums in the world, it has received over 59 million visits with nearly 4 million
5 buildings added to Xuhui heritage protection listing - December 19, 2016
XUHUI District added five buildings built in the 1920s-30s to its cultural heritage protection list yesterday, including an entrepreneur’s home that served as a base for a group of celebrities prominent
Warming up for winter nights with light - December 19, 2016
People watch a light installation by Australian designer Peter Rimak at Ruihong Tiandi in Hongkou District on Friday. Colorful lights were set up to entertain residents and businesses at the car-free
Another bridge to cross the Huangpu - December 16, 2016
SHANGHAI will build a bridge across Huangpu River between Minhang and Fengxian districts, the city’s major bridge construction company said yesterday. The 1.94-kilometer-long Kunyang Road Cross-River
Modern homage to a past classic - December 16, 2016
A bamboo painting by Zheng Xie (1693-1765) entrances visitors yesterday at an ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibition held at the Shanghai Museum. Zheng is a celebrated painter of the Qing
Shanghai rail terminals braced for Spring Festival - December 15, 2016
SECURITY measures at Shanghai’s railway terminals have been strengthened as the annual massive domestic transportation upheaval before the Spring Festival, or Chinese lunar New Year, begins in a month’s
Improved alert system under way with key alarms activated earlier - December 15, 2016
SHANGHAI’S reformed four-tier air pollution alarm system came into force yesterday. The criteria for activating the lowest blue color and the highest red color alerts have been adjusted, Shanghai Environmental
Outer Ring Road greenbelt gets under way with Baoshan opening - December 14, 2016
THE Fengxiang Road greenbelt in Baoshan District opened to the public yesterday, marking the start of the city’s 112-kilometer outer ring road “greenway” project. The project, comprising cycle paths,
