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TRADITIONAL Chinese
music, Peking opera masks and lion costumes gave way to headspins,
thunderous breakbeats and rappers as Shanghai¡¯s Luwan Stadium
hosted an international breakdancing competition on July 3.
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| Life Style |
- Battle breaks out
TRADITIONAL Chinese music, Peking opera masks and lion costumes gave way to headspins, thunderous breakbeats and rappers as Shanghai¡¯s Luwan Stadium hosted an international breakdancing competition on July 3.
- Bike odyssey raises funds for autism
BRAD Weinberg, 24, an American inspired by his autistic younger brother Blake, will bike from Shanghai to Korgaz ¡ª a two-month, 5,000 kilometre trek with a section through the Gobi desert. Cyclists left Shanghai on July 3 for a ride across China to raise money for ¡ª and awareness of ¡ª autism.
- Happy birthday, USA
DESPITE the hot weather, Victoria Lin and her workmates at a US company travelled all the way to the Cypress Hotel last Saturday to join thousands of others to celebrate the 229th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.
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- Cartier unveils true luxury
WHAT does it feel like to wear a necklace valued at 36.41 million yuan (US$4.4 million)?
- Facelift on the bund
NO.6 Zhongshan Dongyilu is undergoing a facelift which will eventually make it one of the most fashionable centres on the Bund.
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| Health |
- Genomic
future
IN the past
few decades, advances in genetics have been applied to the improvement
of health care and public health services. Research in this
area will bring significant changes to people¡¯s lives in
the future.
- WHO
urges action to prevent spread of HIV/AIDS
KOBE, JAPAN
¡ª Raising the alarm that HIV/AIDS is spreading into the general
population in some parts of Asia, the World Health Organization
(WHO) last week urged leaders to further increase their political
commitment and to make available prevention programmes and treatment
for those in need.
- Boxed
lunches a health threat
TWO suspected
mass food poisoning cases affected more than 150 employees in
the Pudong and Minhang districts last week, putting the safety
of boxed lunches on the city¡¯s priority list.
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| Travel |
- ONCE
again, I have
ONCE again,
I have upgraded my fantasies of retirement life, after returning
from travels. Two years ago, I expected to spend the rest of
my life on Gulangyu Island (Amoy Island) in Xiamen, but now
I am looking forward to the peaceful farming life in Ili ?riding
horses, dancing and singing with beautiful Uygur ladies and
having warm-hearted Kazaks as neighbours.
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| Feature |
- Manners still matter
BUSINESS etiquette coach Barbara Pachter likes to tell the story of a financial executive who, dining with a potential client, licked his knife clean at the end of the meal.
- Classic Wimbledon hides high-tech gadgets
WIMBLEDON may conjure up traditionally English images of strawberries and cream but the tennis tournament is harnessing the latest technology for both players and public.
- Music transcends politics
BOA sings. She dances. She is the face used to sell Japanese cars and South Korean mobile phones. While ties between Seoul and Tokyo drift further apart, she bridges the gap between the neighbours and racks up huge record sales in both countries.
- Ranks of paparazzi swell with demand for photos
THEY¡¯re cursed at, knocked down and have objects thrown at them. They¡¯re loathed by their subjects. Yet the demand for the photos they shoot is stronger than ever.
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- Events
- Stage
- Urban imagination
A VERTICAL pig farm in town, or an orchard in a residential community ¡ª these are just some of the suggestions of Dutch architects for the future of Shanghai.
- `Protein Girl¡¯ comes alive
¡°THE Protein Girl¡±, a best-selling book by Taiwan author Tom Wong Wenhua, will be adapted into a play by the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre (SDAC).
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