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Obama arrives for dialogue with Chinese youths

Visiting US President Barack Obama this noon arrived in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum for a dialogue with Chinese youths. Obama met Shanghai Party chief Yu Zhengsheng this morning. He will leave this afternoon for Beijing, where he will hold ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hu Jintao,  Wen Jiabao,  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Obama to address Chinese students

UNITED States President Barack Obama is expected to meet nearly 300 students from eight universities around 12:45pm in Shanghai, including those from Fudan, Jiaotong and Tongji universities. Obama met Shanghai Party chief Yu Zhengsheng this morning. ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hu Jintao,  Wen Jiabao,  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

City shoppers go on a holiday spending spree

SHANGHAI'S retail sales totalled more than 1.2 billion yuan (US$176 million) during the first three days of the National Day holiday thanks to various promotions and a wedding boom. About 800 large and medium-sized retailers turned over a combined 1. ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  5 Oct 2009

Anchor denies spy allegations

A VETERAN anchorwoman at China Central Television yesterday fought back against media reports that she was arrested for spying for Taiwan in connection with her work. The 38-year-old Fang Jing, who hosted a program on defense issues on CCTV, said in ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  12 Jun 2009

Writer donation defense

THE secretary of a best-selling Shanghai author yesterday defended him by saying his questioned donation of 200,000 yuan (US$29,300) to Sichuan charities had been sent directly to three schools in the quake-hit areas. The secretary, Jin Kelin, made ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  11 Jun 2009

Writer doubted on charity claim

SICHUAN Province charity authorities say they have no records to support a Shanghai best-selling author who claimed he donated 200,000 yuan (US$29,283) to children in quake-devastated areas, escalating accusations that the celebrity tried to gain ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  10 Jun 2009

Names released of 9 Chinese on fatal flight

AUTHORITIES in Brazil yesterday released the identities of the nine Chinese citizens who were among the 228 people aboard the Air France jetliner that crashed at sea on Monday, and two of missing had Shanghai connections. The Chinese passengers on ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  3 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Market rises spurred by banks and energy shares

SHANGHAI'S key stock index climbed in the morning session, led by banks and energy shares after their financial reports spurred investor optimism. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was up 1.05 percent, or 25.11 points, to close at 2,426.55 ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  29 Apr 2009

Related Topics: Bank of Communications,  HSBC Holdings, plc.,  Oversea-Chinese Banking,  China Shenhua Energy

Milk misery for Xinjiang farmers

FARMERS in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have to dump their milk and slaughter their cows as sales of milk products in the country's second-largest milk source plunged almost to a standstill after the nationwide milk scandal last September. ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  22 Mar 2009

Angry workers block managers in office seige

MORE than 600 workers at a Panasonic factory in Beijing kept their managers locked in an office for nearly six hours after the firm announced a plan to lay off 70 percent of the staff. The conflict broke out soon after a staff conference chaired by ...

From LYDIA CHEN, Shanghai Daily,  27 Feb 2009

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