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BY 8 pm on June 14, 95 students were confirmed dead after a mountain torrent swept through a packed primary school in Shalan Town of Ning'an City, in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Four students were still missing.
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- Weather
- Real estate still cooling
SHANGHAI'S housing transaction volume continued to shrink in May as the central government's cool-down measures started to take hold, industry insiders say.
- Deregulation excitement grows
THE Bank of Communications (BoCom), the country's fifth largest lender, kicked off its initial public offering in Hong Kong on June 13, aimed at raising HK$14.9 billion (US$1.9 billion) in the industry's first overseas share sale.
- Shift in thinking on exhibitions
A LOCAL senior exhibition official has said that Shanghai should reinforce efforts to make more space available for the rising number of exhibitions held in the city.
- Cross-Strait maritime milestone
"CHINA Peace", the first vessel built on the mainland for a Taiwan shipper, was delivered at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard on June 10, signalling an advance in the economic ties across the Taiwan Straits.
- Brief
- Textile trade dispute settled
Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai (R) and visiting European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson make a joint announcement in Shanghai on June 11, agreeing to create a stable environment for Chinese textile exports to EU and help EU enterprises to smoothly adjust to the incoming Chinese goods over the next three years. The agreement was reached after 10 hours of closed-door talks between the two sides and marked a substantive move to unravel rows between the two sides over Chinese textile exports.
- Teacher's death prompts attention
A 27-YEAR-old high school teacher died just before the State college entrance exam earlier this month, the Shanghai-based Youth Daily reported.
- Programme targets hungry kids
UN'S World Food Programme (WFP) and its partner TNT, the world's leading business-to-business express delivery company, have launched a campaign in China to raise money to feed and educate poor children in Gansu Province.
- Expat dies in leap from hotel window
A YOUNG British man died after jumping from his room at a local hotel on June 14, the Shanghai Morning Post reported. The incident took place at a hotel at the crossing of Guangdong Lu and Hubei Lu.
- Work on the side
A SURVEY covering more than 10,000 career people said more than three-quarters of them had part-time work experience, the Shanghai Labour Daily reported. Only 24 per cent of those surveyed said they had never taken such a job. The survey, released by the job-hunting website www.zhaopin.com, said more than 60 per cent of part-time workers choose to keep "moonlight" jobs secret.
- Talent goes to waste
A GRADUATE student at Tongji University who was thought to have a rosy future suspended his schooling for a year and set up a garbage collection enterprise at the university, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.
- Torrent of annihilation
BY 8 pm on June 14, 95 students were confirmed dead after a mountain torrent swept through a packed primary school in Shalan Town of Ning'an City, in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Four students were still missing.
- 480
FOLLOWING mooncakes, another Chinese traditional food ?zongzi, eaten mainly on Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival ?has started on a luxury trend, with the most expensive zongzi package selling for as much as 480 yuan (US$57.8) in Guangzhou. Elaborate packaging accounts for part of the higher price. To better lift the standard of gift boxes, businessmen have added XO wine, fruit and cookies to the packages. But attracting the attention of most people are the special ingredients. Instead of the traditional red bean or meat, the luxurious zongzi are made with abalone or sharks?fin mixed with the rice.
- Ancient grudge
THE famous General Yue Fei (1103-1142) and his persecutory foe Qin Hui (1090-1155) could never have guessed their enmity would still be reverberating among their descendants after more than 700 years.
- Cross-Strait smoothing
THE Chinese mainland will soon issue measures to further facilitate the entry and exit of Taiwan compatriots, employment of Taiwan compatriots and academic pursuits of Taiwan students, a mainland official said in Beijing on May 15.
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