10 killed in blast
INITIAL investigations suggest a chemical substance used in manufacturing processes at a health food factory caused the fatal explosion that ripped the place apart on Wednesday morning.
Ba Yin - ancient musical instruments
AS early as the Bronze Age (21st century BC-221 BC), music had already been flourishing in China. There is a great amount of historical documentation on the music of that period, but with the passage of time, these ancient music compositions no longer exist today. What we know about ancient music is limited to the extant ancient musical instruments. The ancient instruments, called "Ba Yin" (eight sounds from instruments made of different materials) refer to the following: Jin (metal), Shi (stone), Si (strin
Devouring nation's wildlife
THERE is a saying that some Chinese people will eat anything that flies, crawls or swims.
International business centre for 21st century
CHINA'S largest industrial and commercial centre Shanghai is building itself into an international economic, financial, trade and shipping centre, Mayor Xu Kuangdi said on Wednesday.
Non-stop flights to San Francisco
UNITED Airlines of the United States is expected to open a non-stop service from Shanghai to San Francisco on April 3.
Women today more beautiful
"SHANGHAI women look more and more beautiful now," said Hosoi Yukiko, a Japanese woman living in the city. "They were all in grey and blue when I first came to the city in 1976 as a member of a university student delegation."
The common cold or tympanitis?
AS cases of the common cold soar in Shanghai, experts are warning parents of the possible danger of ear problems in children who are unwell.
Websites for women prosper
WOMEN make up 21 per cent of China's total "netizens," according to the latest statistics from CNNIC. IT experts estimate the number of female Internet users will hit 6 million.
Bank helps train laid-off workers
By Tracy Tao
A GROUP of 1,091 laid-off workers completed a training programme yesterday in Shanghai. The programme was supported by Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Educational Fund. A large ceremony was held by HSBC, Shanghai Charity Foundation (SCF) and Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs yesterday afternoon at the JC Mandarin Hotel, Shanghai. The foundation and training programme has helped the re-employment programme in Shanghai, said Chen Zhengxing, vice-chairman of SCF. About 50 per cent of the workers, after being trained in Chinese therapy, medical caring skills and motor-cycles' parts assembling skills, have been re-employed by three Shanghai enterprises. Some other workers also learned artistic flower-arranging, cake-making and making clothes, "to enable them to open their own businesses," said Chen. Another 160 laid-off workers will be trained using the educational fund.
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