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THERE is ongoing warfare in the city today with poles and walls as positions and fliers and knives as weapons.
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- Endless calls to win war
THERE is ongoing warfare in the city today with poles and walls as positions and fliers and knives as weapons.
- Sticky problem
THE recent announcement of an initiative by local authorities, involving a telephone-based system to pester people who have pasted illegal advertisements and fliers in the city, made 81-year-old Yao Suxiang thrilled.
- Power strain
AS the temperature drops in Shanghai, many families turn to their air-conditioners for warmth. But when daily demand for electricity rises sharply, "Dian Huang" (power shortage) becomes a word that Shanghainese begin to hear repeatedly.
- Planning a seaside garden
DENG Xuehui is busy looking for an apartment on Chongming Island.
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- The big catch
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein is a broken man and has supplied intelligence that helped capture two top wanted men, officials said on Monday, but violence raged on in Iraq despite his arrest and bombings killed nine people.
- Saddam surrender a sign of cowardice
DUBAI - He swore he would go down in a blaze of glory, but experts said on Monday Saddam Hussein's humiliating capture by US forces befitted the cowardly nature of a man who ruled by death yet loved life above all else.
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- When tears are just for show
I once saw some American talk show programmes which had gone too far to the extremes - full of "live" conflicts and quarrels, with the parties snapping at each other while the audience laughed at them.
- Cabbies and the Shanghai Grand Prix
Much has been written on the subject of taxi drivers in these pages recently, so I wanted to share my own experiences.
- Society's claim to play the name game
Naming newborn children is always a very meaningful and significant issue for a family. For any Chinese father with traditional thinking, the name of his child will relate to his lineage, which to some extent represents his "brand". But for a Chinese mother with modern thinking, the name of her child may demonstrate her status in the family.
- What about a Mr. World contest?
It may be one of Britain's most successful and enduring exports - Miss World. This 53-year-old event took place in China last week and attracted over 120 women worldwide with knockout looks in a mad scramble for the crown.
- Putting the city first
One aspect of Shanghai's surging development that looks increasingly likely to end in tears is its mad passion for the private automobile. Not that Shanghai is alone in this.
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- Space for design
STEVE Leung is known as one of the architects behind the minimalist trend in interior decoration. He started it in Hong Kong and now wants to introduce the concept on a national scale.
- Adding to the New Year sparkle
SHE was just one small young woman in an enormous crowd a dozen years ago when she, a foreign student pursuing an MBA degree in the US, first experienced the excitement of an "Apple Countdown" as the New Year began in New York's Times Square.
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- Living off pity
IT seems that suddenly an unpredecedent number of beggars have appeared on the streets of Shanghai.
- The ghosts of Spring Festivals past
NATIONAL culture can display itself in various ways, among which none is more representative than activities to celebrate national festivals.
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