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STUDENTS, retired soldiers, business people, mothers with young children, old people accompanied by their children, overseas Chinese - the conference room of the Shanghai Red Cross Society has received hundreds of generous citizens since the beginning of this year.
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- Wave of kindness
STUDENTS, retired soldiers, business people, mothers with young children, old people accompanied by their children, overseas Chinese - the conference room of the Shanghai Red Cross Society has received hundreds of generous citizens since the beginning of this year.
- Where and how to donate
SHANGHAI Red Cross and the Shanghai Charity Foundation are the two authorized organizations in the city collecting donations for tsunami victims. Donations may be made at the organizations' headquarters and offices in each district.
- Charity performance
A CHARITY performance to raise funds for the Indian Ocean tsunami victims is to be held at the theatre of the Oriental TV Station on the evening of January 6.
- Expats in action
All of us in the Shanghai expatriate community have been following the tsunami disaster news with great interest and concern, and some of our number were actually caught up in the disaster in Thailand, Sri Lanka or Malaysia. We are aware that Phil Neame, a teacher at Yew Chung International School lost his life in Thailand, and his wife, Jan Buchanan, was injured and is recovering in Australia. The Yew Chung community is grieving this loss and making counseling available to students and faculty during this time.
- Witnesses to calamity
AROUND 2 am on December 25, Davis Li and his 48 colleagues at Fleishman-Hillard China flew from Shanghai and Beijing to Thailand's Phuket Island. What awaited them - along with the sun-soaked beaches they enjoyed last year - was a terrible and unexpected tsunami.
- Last resorts
NOW that most of the Shanghai residents who were caught up in the massive Indian Ocean tsunami have returned home safely, the influence of the calamity on the local tourism market is becoming clearer.
- Healing the aftermath
"I HAVE nightmares every night seeing myself drowning in water or disappearing in the ocean," said a local resident, Phoebi Li. She and her family experienced the Indian Ocean Tsunami on December 26 last year when they travelled to Phuket Island, Thailand.
- Hired 'guns' hant college exams
TAKE a cheat sheet into the exam room or have a peek at someone else’s paper when the monitor isn’t looking these common ways of cheating at tests can only be called “small potatoes?now, given the hot new business of hiring a “gunman?
- Bridges to the future
THE long-talked-about tunnel-and-bridge project across the Yangtze River, the largest of its kind in the world, eventually broke ground on Chongming Island on December 28, marking a milestone in the development of the island.
- Building Chongming into ecologically friendly island
“THE tunnel-and-bridge project to cross the Yangtze River will speed up the exploration and development of Chongming Island,?said Professor Zhang Yucheng, an expert with the Chongming Ecological Island Research Centre of Tongji University.
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- Awkward balance
JENIN, West Bank - Borne aloft by cheering gunmen, Palestinian presidential hopeful Mahmoud Abbas cut an unusual figure in his grey business suit.
- Destruction on Sumatra worse than that wrought by war, Powell says
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Destruction on Indonesia's tsunami-wracked Sumatra island is the worst US Secretary of State Colin Powell has ever seen, the battle-seasoned war veteran said as he prepared for a meeting of world leaders to co-ordinate history's largest relief operation.
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- New Year's bells should sound for everybody
I returned to my second hometown Nanjing of neighbouring Jiangsu Province on New Year's Eve to spend the New Year holiday with my relatives and old friends. It was the first time I have visited the city for the holiday since I moved to Shanghai a few years ago.
- When you hit the top the only way is down
The old year is gone, and the people who do such things have summed up the accomplishments and mistakes of the past 12 months. When time is neatly corralled into one-year blocks, it is easy to do this. News stories often cite statistics that pit the first so-many-months of this year against the same period last year, etc. In fact, news stories are often full of numbers - rate of growth, per cent of change, average increase, estimated value, projected loss, number of units - it's as if we measure our worth only by numbers, and then only in relation to other numbers.
- Cyberlingo-a jargon not for general use
If you've spent any time at all involved in any sort of text chat, you've probably seen a bunch of letters that seem like gibberish. You may have seen DD, 886, KPM, MM or one of many others. These cryptic letters are very popular among the younger generation. If today's pre-teens and teens didn't use this sort of Internet jargon in chat rooms and on IM (instant messaging), they would be considered "weird" and wouldn't be accepted by other teens.
- Tale of poisoned innocence
I used to frequent my parents' neighbourhood, as I was very enamoured of the atmosphere there. Every day, from morning till night, there was a wide variety of activities involving residents of different age groups. Retired people wakened the neighbourhood in the morning with their regular Taiji boxing, dances or other exercises, infusing the neighbourhood with an atmosphere of diligence and prosperity. During the period from 9 am to 10:30 am, all the infants were brought out from different houses to bathe in the late autumn sunlight, and young mothers gathered to chat merrily with each other. This was also a good time for people to walk their dogs in the surrounding area. Then after lunch, the sky would be filled with kites. Kite lovers ran to send their kites flying. When their kites climbed into the sky, they tied the strings to trees and then began to play football or train their dogs. The time between 3 pm and 4:30 pm was another period for infant gathering or dog walking. This was also the time to see a swarm of kids rush out from the nearby kindergarten and begin playing everywhere in the neighbourhood. Laughter, screams and cries soon filled the air, and anyone watching would surely be affected by their dynamism and vitality. The night was not lonely either, as quite a few regulars danced cheerfully to merry tunes in the moonlight. I liked the neighbourhood because it showed me what real life was, a life of good taste and humanity. The diverse cars lined along all the paths revealed the high quality of life of their owners. All the time you could see wild cats eat, curl up or stroll with satisfaction, not afraid of any passers-by. Sometimes they even came close to you for a caress or for food, their eyes full of trust. I greatly enjoyed this harmonious relationship between man and animals.
- Can we regain our lost paradise?
Recently I returned to my hometown near Luoyang for the very first time in 20 years. Do you know how I felt when I set eyes on the place that I had always remembered as a wonderful land with rivers, trees and hills? The image that I had so carefully cherished was broken to pieces by the first sight.
- Voices
"A crucial water conservation task in China is to safeguard the quality of drinking water."
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- Cultivated elegance
THE impeccable June Yamada sat in the corner of a cafe opposite the Scholar's Bookstore in Xujiahui in the last afternoon of 2004, anticipation clearly written on her face.
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- New kids on the blog
ON December 6, 2004, Deutsche Welle announced that The Dog Newspaper blog created by Chinese freelancer Yan Wenbo whose nickname is "Aggressive Little Snake" had won the best weblog award at the Deutshche Welle International Weblog Awards 2004. According to the news from Deutsche Welle, the blog won the award because: "The contrast between the way people treat their pets makes it clear to everyone that as BOBs (Best of the Blogs) jury member Mu Zimei said: 'We are not living in a fair world'."
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- Pastries with a view
ON the ground floor of Central Plaza,there is a cafe restaurant named Delifrance. It faces hustling Huaihai Zhonglu but, despite its large window, all the noise is trapped outside, leaving customers with a quiet and cozy place for a cup of afternoon coffee or a quick meal.
- Sweet dreams
1. In a large bowl, whisk egg white and yolks until soft peaks form.
- Sweet dreams
VISAGE'S dessert master chef Eric Perez has presented his cooking tips for making a tasty Chocolate Passion Fruit Mousse Log for the festival season.
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