Private pilots
A FORMER air stewardess is to be the first person in China to buy a Raytheon A36 private plane (worth $600,000 in the United States) with a bank loan.
Questions over murder
INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into the murder on April 2 of a German family of four in Nanjing in East China's Jiangsu Province.
Zone cargo to jump customs
CARGO arriving at Pudong International Airport is expected to be able to enter Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone in Pudong directly in one or two months.
Shanghai to link with provincial expressways
CHINA'S leading industrial and commercial city of Shanghai plans to build 13 expressways with a total length of 650 kilometres over the next decade.
Children's cultural festival on the way
MORE than 1,000 children from home and abroad will take part in the Third Shanghai International Children's Cultural and Arts Festival during summer vacation.
Chinese history encyclopaedia published
AFTER 22 years, nearly 1,000 Chinese historians have finally completed "The Chinese History Encyclopaedia."
Fake bicycle maker arrested
A SUSPECT who specialized in manufacturing fake Phoenix brand bicycles was detained after a recent surprise raid in which municipal police confiscated 2,473 bicycles and many components.
4 arrested in counterfeit RMB raid
A JOINT operation between police in South China's Guangdong Province and Shanghai police resulted in the recent arrest of four suspects and confiscated counterfeit money with a face value of 443,900 ($53,600).
Cashier tricked into serving a group of thieves
A GROUP of hearing-and-speech-impaired young women who stole 2,500 yuan ($302) in an elaborate ruse were prosecuted yesterday at Minhang Procuratorate.
Orange farmers fear fruition of import pact
ORANGES are a major source of income for Sichuan farmer Liu Jingquan. But things may have to change as American citrus imports, banned for over 10 years, come on the Chinese market once more.
On-line porn editor in police custody
By Li Xin
AN employee of a web client company from Central China's Hunan Province has given himself up to police for posting 33 pornographic pictures on a website which also provided links with international pornographic websites. The man has told Shanghai police he published the obscene material on the company's homepage to win more advertisements by attracting more visitors to the site. Www.playgirls.myrice.com in www.myrice.com received over 1.45 million hits within the space of just a few months. Entrusted by the Ministry of Public Security, Shanghai police took prompt action by severing the links between the website and its server as soon as they were informed by the ministry. They then had related information copied to proceed with the investigation. On the basis of a close analysis of LOG documents and IP address, the police established the user of the server to be a Xi'an-based company, Xi'an Wenhua Science and Technology Co Ltd. The police hurried to Xi'an, the capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, and conducted an intensive investigation before the suspect surrendered himself. The man has been charged with disseminating pornographic material and is awaiting prosecution.
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