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THE floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains across southern and central China in the past week have left about 120 people dead and 63 others missing.
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- Weather
- Flight competition intensifies
BRITISH Airways(BA), Europe's third largest carrier in fleet size, launched its Shanghai-London service on June 2, starting a new round of competition on the route.
- Coca-Cola launches fizz campaign
THE Coca-Cola Company has announced that it will open its flagship store in Shanghai at the end of this month. Coca-Cola insiders said the store is part of the company's nationwide strategy in China to further promote its brand.
- Shanghai stock index soars by 8%
STOCKS in China's two bourses soared on June 8, with the Shanghai Index achieving its biggest advance in more than two years, as investors bet that the central government will introduce more incentives to buttress the markets.
- Briefs
- Motherhood can wait
HALF of career women of reproductive age (from 20 to 29 years old) say they will postpone giving birth in order to develop their careers, reveals a survey of about 10,000 white-collar women launched by www.zhaopin.com, an employment website, cited by the Shanghai Labour Daily.
- Luxury for ultra rich
THE global luxury exhibition Extravaganza Shanghai 2005 debuted at the Shanghai International Convention Centre on June 3. Titled "Exposition of International Taste and Lifestyle" in Chinese, it displayed different kinds of luxury products from 13 countries, ranging from yachts to jewellery.
- Book documents Shanghai comfort houses
SHANGHAI Sanlian Bookstore is offering a book entitled "Shanghai Japanese Army Comfort House Records", which identifies for the first time 149 comfort houses in the city during World War II, said the Shanghai-based Youth Daily.
- Monstrous revenge
A FOUR-year-old girl was stabbed in the stomach in the downtown May 26. The assailant proved to be a colleague of her mother, the Shanghai-based Youth Daily reported. After treatment, the girl has escaped the threat of death.
- Weather beaten
THE floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains across southern and central China in the past week have left about 120 people dead and 63 others missing.
- Numbers of the week
8.67 million
- BYO toiletries to Beijing hotel
TOURISTS travelling to Beijing will have to pack their own toothpaste and toothbrush beginning June 13, as 13 rated hotels in the city announced they will stop supplying the toiletries in their guest rooms.
- China issues position paper on UN reforms
CHINA issued on June 7 a position paper on United Nations reform, emphasizing multilateralism and urging reforms that meet the needs of developing countries.
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