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AS a bicycle kingdom gearing-up to become an automobile society, China, the world's third largest car manufacturing base, is facing a serious problem of automobile-related pollution and soaring levels of petrol consumption.
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- Can cars be clean?
AS a bicycle kingdom gearing-up to become an automobile society, China, the world's third largest car manufacturing base, is facing a serious problem of automobile-related pollution and soaring levels of petrol consumption.
- Autos rally against exhaust
WHILE the departure of Formula One race cars has left the vast Shanghai International Track empty and quiet, the circuit has begun to return to life in a new way as a variety of unusual new automobiles take over.
- Ways to control pollution
WITH an increasingly short supply of oil, it will be inevitable that the traditional internal combustion engine will be redesigned to not only save fuel but also reduce air pollution from cars.
- Coming to the rescue
PERM shortage will always exist in China," said Li Zheng, a doctor and expert in the Department of Andrology at Renji Hospital in discussing the widespread social attention paid to the city's notorious sperm shortage. Li's words can also be reversed: demand for sperm in China will always be excessive.
- Yang gangsters
AMONG the 37 students in Gao Mei's class in Nanhu Vocational High School, she remembers three gangs, each with its own name, such as the "Four Kings" or the "Cat Sisters".
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- Key regional partnership
Australia's newly re-elected Prime Minister John Howard may be unquestioning in his support for the United States, but one of his key priorities during a fourth straight term will be to shore up often uneasy ties with Asia.
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- Holiday frustration
Yes folks, the mad Chinese National Day holiday week has come and gone. Four million visitors thronged Shanghai while many of us had our bottoms planted in the seats of our office chairs over the weekend to make up for lost work days. Railways and airlines are back to funneling more manageable numbers of passengers,and things have more or less returned to normal.
- Mr.Shanghai: The city's newest calling card
A FEW months back, the city restarted its selection process for the Miss Shanghai competition, supposedly the first event of its kind since the founding of the PRC. The contest roused a great deal of enthusiasm from all quarters, though not every local girl was brave enough to participate. But most of them talked about it eagerly,their eyes shining. To be a real Shanghai "lady" has long been regarded as an honour that indicates grace and intelligence.
- Education is one thing,skills are another
Recent media reports indicate that China is facing a serious shortage of technical workers, especially those with high-level skills. As the manufacturing sector continues to grow at a dizzying rate, this is creating a bottleneck in the fast lane of economic development and is an even more pressing problem than power shortages.
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- Skyrise prices
Like any ordinary young couple living at Shanghai, my husband and I are now considering buying an apartment, after renting for more than a year. Everyone who has had this experience has told me how painful it is shopping around. It is especially painful for us, since the housing prices in this booming city have rocketed over the past two years.
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- Cultural conflicts create dissatisfaction
FOR the past six years, Professors Gu Qingliang from Donghua University and George B. Graen from Louisiana State University have been working on a project entitled "Cultural Conflicts in Foreign-capital Enterprises and Cross-culture Management".
- Royal legenos of a local building
DESPITE its long and rich history, Shanghai's past is often overlooked by people who are interested in the city. While it's true that Shanghai's modern age is a brilliant and unmistakable part of its development - and that of China in general - the city's earlier traces provide different ways for people to understand Shanghai.
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