- Week this week
SHANGHAI
- Explosive recycling
AFTER a series of explosions, a six-storey apartment block in Yangpu District burst into flames last Saturday, killing one man and injuring about 20 other residents.
- Following an ancient path
CHRIS Zimmerman from the US said he fell in love with Chinese kungfu because it looks "so graceful and beautiful".
- Rural tax reform
BEIJING - China has launched a nationwide inspection programme to check on the progress in rural tax reforms as part of efforts to standardize tax burdens on farmers and promote the rural economy.
- Air France's new horizons
AIR France has inaugurated its new Paris-Guangzhou route. The new service will operate with the Airbus A340-300 five times weekly, on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Starting on June 14, Air France will be offering daily service to Guangzhou.
- Old age loneliness
A SURVEY undertaken by the China Research Centre on ageing found that more than one third of the elderly people in rural areas said they often feel lonely.
- Mishap or road rage?
SENIOR officials in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have decided to reinvestigate a case in which a woman - said to have connections with high officials in the province - was sentenced to two years jail with three years' reprieve for killing a farmer's wife and injuring 12 workers by driving her car over them.
- Ugly duckling's tale
TIANJIN - Zhang Jing, a girl in the northern municipality of Tianjin, has become a household name in China for her weal and woe over the past year.
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CHRIS Zimmerman from the US said he fell in love with Chinese kungfu because it looks "so graceful and beautiful".