Alcatel Asia moves head office here
ALCATEL yesterday announced the setting up of its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, reflecting its confidence in the economic growth of the Asia Pacific region.
Friendship stores offer best of Britain
A RANGE of British luxury and consumer products made by 20 renowned manufacturers, ranging from confectionery and biscuits, knitwear and arts products, will be on offer in Shanghai's four Friendship stores from tomorrow, according to sources from the British Consulate General.
Three women drug dealers face jail
THREE young women have been sentenced to criminal detention in Pudong for drug trafficking after they became addicted to drug abuse.
Street corners, goldfish go with the feng shui flow
AS everyone knows we are about to enter a dragon year, regarded as the most auspicious by the Chinese. The dragon is also an important aspect of feng shui, or wind and water, an ancient Chinese geomantic practice and buzz word in the West in recent years. Having co-written a book on the subject, coming to China has given me the opportunity to see for myself how feng shui works in its country of origin, particularly in Shanghai.
Hearing opens in Huahai case
COURT hearings started yesterday into a major case of embezzlement in which company board chairman, Gui Aizhen, is suspected of channelling 12 million yuan ($1.4 million) of public funds into private companies, according to the municipal No 1 Intermediate People's Court.
New perks to hook high-tech expertise
THE local job market just got more attractive for job-seekers in the high-tech industry.
Sowing seeds of conservation
THE future is in the hands of the younger generation. That's why Shanghai Changning International School (SCIS) tries hard to impart to its students a strong sense of environmental protection.
Woman knifed in Pudong after fight with boss
ONLY a few weeks after reports that a security officer chopped off four of a woman's fingers in South China's Guangdong Province sparked outrage, another report has surfaced that a migrant woman in Pudong suffered a similar injury when a disagreement with her boss turned nasty.
IPR review positive
CHINA has honoured the US-China bilateral agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights signed in 1995, according to Joseph Papovich, assistant US trade representative for services, investment and intellectual property.
German companies build business and friendships
THE Delegation of German Industry and Commerce Shanghai, established in 1994, has helped more than 360 representative offices and firms funded by German enterprises to set up, most of which are based in Shanghai and the rest in other provinces such as Jiangsu, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Shandong.
Woman raped, murdered for $21 and phone
AN unemployed migrant from Anhui Province was arrested last week for robbing, raping, and murdering a young woman, according to sources from Zhabei Procuratorate.
Campus river has a story
PEOPLE visiting East China Normal University often ask: why is the river which traverses its campus called Li Wa He, or Beautiful Woman River?
Eyesores on way out; filthy shacks to raze
DEMOLITION of some ugly shacks built on grassland has pleased residents in Jintang Residential Area, Xuhui District. Green grass has been replanted on the ground.
Hounded robber gives himself up to the police
By Xu Shaofang
A MAN who robbed a karaoke bar gave himself up to police last week hoping for protection after being hounded for money by other members of the criminal underworld. On October 6 last year, Chen Qi and Lu Shaomin, two migrant labourers from Anhui Province, rushed into a karaoke bar in Taopu Town in Putuo District. Armed with two home-made pistols bought by Lu for 350 yuan ($42) each in his home town in Huaiyuan, Anhui Province, the two fired two shots onto the floor of the bar and began to smash up a table and a telephone. They demanded the bar owner hand over his money. Obediently, the bar owner surrendered all 1,300 yuan ($157) behind the bar. The two robbers then escaped with the money, and a mobile phone and a pager they had also stolen. Their first stop was a nearby barber's where they visited prostitutes. Later Lu made it back to his hometown, but before Chen could do so, news spread around the underworld of the robbery. Two groups of gangsters, one from Northeast China and one from Anhui Province, began threatening Chen to try to force him to hand over the money he had robbed. Chen had already squandered his share of the cash, however, and so went into hiding to evade the gang members. But before long the gangsters found Chen again. Scared for his life, Chen decided to hand himself in to the police. Both men were put under arrest by Putuo police last week.
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