McDonald's and Hualian link up
MCDONALD'S has launched a joint venture with Hualian Group, one of the largest supermarket chains in the city.
DuPont to invest more in China
DUPONT will continue to expand its investment in Shanghai if China enters the World Trade Organization.
Russia to sail China-US route
CONTAINER shipping is booming despite the fact that this is traditionally the slack season.
Chevrolet Blazer on the trail
GENERAL Motors (GM) is on time and on target in hiring and training a work force as it prepares to roll off its first Chevrolet Blazer in mid-December.
Dragon Head founds Chinese textiles website
"THE marriage of traditional industry and advanced commercial methods is perfect for the new century," Vice-Mayor Jiang Yiren said last week.
New Nestle bottled water plant built
COMPLETION of the first phase expansion of Nestle Sources Shanghai Ltd plant, which now boasts an annual production capacity of 100 million bottles of water, was announced last week.
ECnet to grow from booming e-business
ECnet Co, from California, a provider of business to business e-commerce enabler for the high-tech manufacturing community, is upbeat on its expansion into the local market.
It's official, Win2000 now on local market
MICROSOFT officially unveiled last Thursday its landmark generation operating system - Windows 2000 Chinese version - in the local market despite the fact that it has already been selling well for almost one month.
On-line gene data bank a rich research resource
GENETIC researchers across China will for the first time have access to a database of 40 billion genes from May when a new on-line data bank opens in Shanghai.
Discovering quiet luxury downtown
RESIDENTS in Shanghai can see large stocks of high quality properties in the suburbs, but new, high quality ones in the downtown area seem hard to find.
Xujiahui offers lots of advantages
By Jan Flohr
BOTH local Shanghainese and foreigners see Xujiahui in the city's southwest Xuhui District as one of Shanghai's best residential areas. A section of the major shopping street Huaihai Road runs through Xujiahui. Hengshan Road, an elegant street where much of the city's nightlife is concentrated, and Xujiahui shopping area are both located in the district. Xujiahui now has the Pacific Department Store, the Oriental Department Store, No 6 Department Store and the newly opened Grand Gateway Plaza offering almost everything you could want to buy. In the northeast of Xujiahui there are a couple of properties which are popular with foreign residents. They are 41 Hengshan Road and Regal Garden which are serviced apartments at the upper end of the market with only the Shanghai Centre on Nanjing Road as their main competitor. Regal Garden is a serviced apartment complex which offers membership of the Shanghai International Tennis Centre Health Club. At the centre of Xujiahui is the Grand Gateway Garden and at the nearby Guangyuan road is Arcadia. These two newly opened serviced apartments attract a relatively large number of tenants. The health club which includes a 25-metre swimming pool is one of the main attractions of Arcadia. There are also a number of old style houses in the area but the supply of renovated old houses cannot meet the huge demand for them. Jan Flohr is an account director of Phoenix Property Consulting Ltd and he can be reached at 021-64379891 or e-mail at phoesh@guomai.sh.cn.
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