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THE lone international brand named after Shanghai has finally arrived in the city itself. Shanghai Tang launches its first store, at 59 Maoming Nanlu, from this month.
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| Life Style |
- 'West Wing' remains in power at TV's Emmys
NBC White House drama "The West Wing" again proved the prime-time power of the presidency, winning a fourth straight term as best drama series at the Emmys while CBS's "Everybody Loves Raymond" took the top comedy prize and two major acting awards.
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| Fashion |
- Fashion with a tang
THE lone international brand named after Shanghai has finally arrived in the city itself. Shanghai Tang launches its first store, at 59 Maoming Nanlu, from this month.
- Tomorrow's designers today
LA Salle-DHU International Design College held its 7th Annual Graduation Show on September 19.
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| Health |
- Caring families
ONE among every four senior citizens over 80 is suffering from the serious degenerative brain disease, dementia or Alzheimer's, but old people's carers are not sufficiently informed about it to know how to treat it, experts in the field told a medical conference last week.
- Scientists turn on parasitic worm
ABOUT 1 million Chinese suffer from infectious snail fever (schistomasis or bilharziasis) but new research by Shanghai geneticistsinto the dangerous worm has brought some hope of controlling the disease.
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| Travel |
- Red lanterns still glow
PINGYAO is a heaven for photographers, due to its magnificent ancient architecture. It is a small town 90 kilometres from Taiyuan, the capital of North China's Shanxi Province and it has also preserved its old houses and relics with great care.
- Fireworks to usher in week-long holiday
THE 4th Shanghai International Music and Fireworks Festival will light up the sky on September 30 at Century Park, to launch the week-long National Day Holiday.
- Yuen's photos of world tour
ROBERT B. Yuen was one of the founders of the famous Guanlong Photographic Equipment Store on Nanjing Donglu.
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- Holiday bust-outs
"NICE tan." The young woman in the pink bikini smiled knowingly as she soaked up the rays by the poolside of a luxury hotel on the Malaysian resort island of Penang.
- Showman to the world
A SONG by Allen Toussaint entitled "Mr Mardi Gras" goes:
- Mermaids, part of old Florida, fight for their tails
FLORIDA'S Weeki Wachee mermaids, who have been performing underwater ballet for more half a century for millions of delighted tourists, may soon be on the endangered species list.
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| What's on |
- EXHIBITIONS
Celebrity guests
- WWW.COM
A young couple tired of ordinary life try to find enjoyment through the Internet. Performed by Tian Shui, Wang Yinan, Yin Zhusheng and Shen Lei, the play successfully depicts helplessness and depression.
- Kunju reaches out to youth
ALTHOUGH Kunju Opera has a history going back more than 600 years, today's young audiences have not shown great interest in its elegance and beauty.
- Choral celebration
THE Monteverdi Choir from Hamburg in Germany, Shanghai's sister city for the past 17 years, is to give a concert in Shanghai.
- City ties rock giants
SHANGHAI has definitely played an important role in the friendship between the German rock "Godfather" Udo Lindenberg and Chinese rock pioneer Cui Jian.
- Circus extravaganza
A SHOW designed to present China's globally-acclaimed high-level circus art will be a special attraction during the National Day holidays.
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