Swedes who work hard, play hard
THE Swedish Society held its first get-together in the new year on Friday evening at O'Malley's pub on Taojiang Road.
Air quality improves
SHANGHAI'S air quality took a turn for the better last week thanks to speedier winds and less frequent inversion (cooler air trapped near the earth's surface by warm air), according to the latest report from the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Centre.
Baby sun bear born on New Year
A "SUN bear" cub born on New Year's Day in Shanghai Zoo is now in good health and under the special watch of zoo keepers.
21st Century English contest
FORGET millennium celebrations. Forget Y2K bug. "Prospects for the 21st Century" is the new topic for a new era.
Nike jerseys safe, TBT levels miniscule
NIKE (Suzhou) Co, wholly-owned subsidiary of Nike Co - a global giant in the manufacture of sports products - admitted yesterday 251 of its Borussia Dortmund soccer jerseys from Europe had been made with raw materials containing TBT, but emphasized all of its other products in China are made from safe substances.
Ex-couple in court over fraud
HEARINGS began yesterday morning at Municipal No 1 Intermediate People's Court regarding Cai Linfen and Qiu Laifa who were suspected of being involved in a 62.96-million-yuan ($7.6 million) fraud.
Man stabs girlfriend to death
A MAN who confessed to hacking his girlfriend to death when she tried to leave him is now in police custody.
Socks appeal, or does size matter?
AN Acadian American I know has trouble with his socks. The size that is. He has a good grip on the ground, which was the polite way your maiden aunt had of saying you have very big feet. Plus he likes to walk - one of the world's best forms of exercise.
Jaywalkers arrested for violence
A TOTAL of eight jaywalkers who used violence against traffic police have been detained recently.
Experts evaluate China's WTO entry
LOCAL experts seem to be pretty confident China's entry to World Trade Organization (WTO) will not have any immediate disastrous effects for Chinese banks.
From race course to People's Square
SHANGHAI was once known as a "Paradise for Adventurers." Few places could conjure up a more graphic picture of old Shanghai's decadence than the former horse race track on what is now People's Square.
Teachers wanted
LOCAL universities are going outside city limits in the search of the teaching talent needed to fuel Shanghai's economic takeoff in the new century.
Man jailed for killing baby girl
By Feng Xuedong
A 21-YEAR-OLD man was recently arrested for strangling his infant daughter just after his girlfriend gave birth to the infant, according to Yangpu District Procuratorate. The man, Yu Daojie, from Wuwei County, East China's Anhui Province, met his girlfriend in August 1997. In early 1998, Yu came to Shanghai where he was employed by a restaurant as a chef. Not long after Yu was joined by a woman surnamed Ai in December 1998, Ai became pregnant. As they were still unprepared for the arrival of a child, Yu decided to persuade Ai to have the child aborted, but abandoned the idea after learning of the expenditure involved in abortion. Skimming through books, he hit upon the idea of helping Ai deliver the child himself. He was confident he could serve as a qualified midwife after reading the books. On the evening of August 29, last year when Yu returned home he was startled to find Ai groaning in bed, apparently experiencing labour pains. Yu, completely at a loss as what to do, nevertheless managed to deliver the child using just a kitchen knife. The child came into the world with a loud cry, a perfectly normal phenomenon, which worried Yu who covered the baby's mouth with his hands, injuring the infant. He found the child had difficulty in breathing, and fearing the huge medical expenses that might ensue from this condition, he decided to put an end to the infant's life with a piece of electric wire. After killing the infant, he dumped its corpse into a dustbin.
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