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FOR Nita Wu, October 16 was a big day because she was given a ticket to the outdoor opera spectacle "Carmen". Staged on a huge scale, with a set spanning 20,000 square metres in Shanghai Stadium, the grand show features fireworks, a fountain and live horses.
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- Extravagant spectacles
FOR Nita Wu, October 16 was a big day because she was given a ticket to the outdoor opera spectacle "Carmen". Staged on a huge scale, with a set spanning 20,000 square metres in Shanghai Stadium, the grand show features fireworks, a fountain and live horses.
- Unearthing history
IN his three-year quest to recover the lost Jewish gravestones of Shanghai, Dvir Bar-Gal has worn many hats: archaeologist, documentarian, detective, historian. He's added a new one: curator.
- Facing up to weighty issue
YOUR figure is more than a matter of personal appearance; your waist size can affect the calculations of health economists about probable future health costs.
- Hospitalizing Starbucks
THE 39th Starbucks outlet in Shanghai will open at the end of this month. That in itself is not unusual, but this cafe will be located in a hospital, marking the first time any Shanghai hospital has agreed to such an arrangement. It is also the first time ubiquitous Starbucks has made such an agreement in China.
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- Waiting brings more benefits
My friend and I were enjoying ourselves, taking a picture outside a bar in Xintiandi when a waitress abruptly gave us a menu and asked, "What do you want to drink?"
- Urban-rural income gap
As a result of the sluggish growth in the income of farmers, the income gap between urban and rural residents has expanded over the last 20 years. The urban-rural per capita income ratio was on the order of 1.7 to 1 in 1985 and widened to 3.1 to 1 in 2002. If the various subsidies and benefits enjoyed by urban residents were taken into account, the actual income gap between urban and rural people would rise to 6 to 1.
- Less than enthusisatic about campus independence
"Be yourself!" This is a line from the 1989 Oscar-winning movie "Dead Poets Society", in which an idealistic teacher inspired his students to "suck the marrow out of life" by maintaining their individual identities while following their dreams.
- Building a sense of community
The news was placed in an unobtrusive corner of a local newspaper. An old professor at Tongji University together with his wife and daughter died in their flat because of a gas leak accident. What struck me most was that they were discovered two days after the accident. In other words, the family's flat was not visited and their absence around the neighbourhood was not noticed for two days.
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- Chan Up Close
HE was a three-time Asian card champion.
- Puma's `Zeitz' geist works
AT the Grand Prix party held by Puma at Three on the Bund, Jochen Zeitz looked like he was really enjoying himself.
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- Garden of love
THE building at No. 675 Julu Lu, which houses the office of the Shanghai Writers' Association, is known for its delicate and exotic design, attracting many visitors. But the building's name, "Eros' Garden", also draws people curious about its history.
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