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CONTINUOUS rainstorms and ensuing floods and landslides have left dozens of people dead and affected millions of residents in southern China.
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- Weather
- Week in brief
- Insurer prepares for competition
SHANGHAI-based Manulife-Sinochem, the first joint venture life insurance company in China, has worked out a strategic plan to establish a nationwide subsidiary network for its bulging business.
- Shop the summer
FOR people who are obsessed with shopping, now is the time to visit Hong Kong. The 2005 Hong Kong Shopping Festival is right around the corner.
- Avocado influx
CALAVO Growers Inc, the largest avocado producer in the United States, will make Shanghai its first market on the Chinese mainland, selling its first batch of air-freighted produce in the city.
- TV ad prompts anger-again
McDonald¡¯s commercial has been stopped from broadcasting because consumers are insulted by scene of a Chinese man kneeling down for a discount.
- Phone fraud
POLICE in Shanghai have cracked a gang of four who swindled money using short messaging service (SMS) on cell phones.
- Venture spurs trade shows
THE Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co Ltd (SWEG) will set up a joint venture in Weihai, Shandong Province, in co-operation with a local partner to help stimulate the exhibition industry in the northern city.
- Court backs passengers
PASSENGERS on a flight delayed for six hours have won their final victory in the first lawsuit of its kind against an airline company.
- Bad weather will get worse
CONTINUOUS rainstorms and ensuing floods and landslides have left dozens of people dead and affected millions of residents in southern China.
- Numbers of the week
- Mind the gap
CHINA¡¯S income gap widened in the first quarter of the year, with 10 per cent of the nation¡¯s richest city dwellers enjoying 45 per cent of the wealth, Xinhua News Agency reported.
- Reward scheme good for girls
¡°I¡¯LL study even harder. I¡¯m a girl, but I can do something for society when I grow up,¡± said 12-year-old Xu Mei, after receiving stationery and 100 yuan (US$12) from officials with the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC).
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