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LI Linhai, the Shanghai resident who became the first owner of a private aircraft in China, never anticipated the official turbulence he was going to run into when he bought the 4 million yuan (US$484,000) craft two months ago.
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- Copter owner eager to fly
LI Linhai, the Shanghai resident who became the first owner of a private aircraft in China, never anticipated the official turbulence he was going to run into when he bought the 4 million yuan (US$484,000) craft two months ago.
- Great expectations
"I WAS already fascinated by Britain, but the Real UK tour did bring me many new experiences. It was an unforgettable experience enjoying the opera, Cats," said Cynthia, an ordinary middle school student from Beijing.
- Software exchange
EXPERTS estimate that the value of the global software market is set to reach trillions of US dollars. In order to promote understanding and co-operation in information technology, more than 70 Shanghai-based IT companies and 22 Israeli IT companies held the 2003 Israel-Shanghai, Jiangsu IT Seminar.
- Appetite for learning
MANY Shanghainese are striving for higher educational levels, with the latest statistics from the Shanghai Statistics Bureau indicating that over 40 per cent of the city's families have participated in various training programmes after work, according to Labour Daily.
- Bags of trouble
HIGH usage of non-degradable plastic bags by locals, combined withthe city's under-developed trash-disposal system, have recently made the municipal government decide to charge consumers for plastic bags in supermarkets, with charges being introduced gradually next year.
- HIV victims - plague of crime
HANGZHOU Police Station has recently arrested a burglary ring which included 14 HIV carriers, the Shanghai Morning Post has reported. It is the first time in China that HIV-carrying criminal suspects have ever been detained by police.
- Domestic cruelties
A RECENT survey conducted by China's National Women's Federation shows that at least 16 per cent of women have been physically abused by their husbands.
- Unexamined conscience
A UNIVERSITY teacher in Harbin of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was recently sentenced to one year imprisonment with one year probation for taking bribes from some 300 students, reported the Xinhua News Agency.
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