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Budget time for Shanghai’s free sites
The avenue is lined with art deco buildings from the 1920s and ’30s, when Shanghai was the New York of the Far East. The Bund was its Wall Street, home to international banks and trading houses. A handful of foreign and Chinese entrepreneurs made fortunes. The city’s relative stability attracted migrants who left behind poverty and fighting among warlords elsewhere. Other areas of ...
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Nine world leading results set at the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai
Nine world leading results were set on Saturday at the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai meet, which featuring a star-spangled squad including 7 reigning Olympic champions and 9 defending world titlists.London Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica outran her archrival Carmelita Jeter again as she won the women's 100m sprint. The 1.52-meter-high Jamaican set a world leading time of ...
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Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce excels at Shanghai Diamond League
London Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica outran her archrival Carmelita Jeter again as she won the women's 100m sprint at 2013 Diamond League Shanghai leg here on Saturday.The 1.52-meter-high Jamaican set a world leading time of 10.93 to claim the title, 0.15 seconds ahead of London Olympic runner-up Jeter of United States."I feel very relaxed. I came here to win and ...
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European indoor champion Schwanitz sets new PB in Shanghai
2013 European indoor champion Christina Schwanitz of Germany set a new personal best as she claimed women's shot put title in the Diamond League Shanghai leg here on Saturday.The 27-year-old took the leading position from the first hurl in 19,76 meters, bettering her former personal best of 19.31, and went on to reach a mark of 20.20 in her fifth throw to secure the top podium."I ...
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Exposs of Chinas Elite a Big Lure in Hong Kong
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Nick Willis falls at Shanghai meet
Carrington reigns supreme at World Cup New Zealand made a poor showing at the latest Diamond League athletics meeting in Shanghai today. Runner Nick Willis fell in the last 80m of his event as he attempted to move to the front of the field and slipped to 13th place, eight seconds off Beijing Olympic gold medallist Asbel Kiprop of Kenya. Zane Robertson finished in fifteenth, five seconds off ...
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Death toll climbs in south China flooding
Chinese officials said the death toll from widespread flooding in southern China reached 53 Saturday, with at least 16 people still missing. Heavy rain fell in southern China, and 10 provinces in the south and central China were reeling from flooding and landslides, China's official Xinhua news agency said. The Chinese government launched a level-four response to the disaster Xinhua ...
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Jamaican sprinters rule Shanghai Diamond meet
Eugene Hoshiko/AP SHANGHAI (AP) -- Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200. Carmelita Jeter, who pulled up at the finish with an apparent leg injury. Jeter fell to the track after the race and lay on her back ...
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Jamaica dominates Jeter injured in Shanghai
Eugene Hoshiko/AP SHANGHAI (AP) -- Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200. Carmelita Jeter, who pulled up at the finish with an apparent leg injury. Jeter fell to the track after the race and lay on her back ...
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James victorious but Merritt in Shanghai scare
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his controversial predecessor and his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet on Saturday.But 110m hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt was given a scare in a world championship season when he pulled up with an apparent injury after just three strides.As ...
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James claims victory over rivals in Shanghai
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his controversial predecessor and his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet on Saturday.But 110m hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt was given a scare in a world championship season when he pulled up with an apparent injury after just three strides.As ...
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Pole Vault Isinbayeva Wins Comeback Meet in Shanghai
MOSCOW, May 18 (R-Sport) - Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva won her first competition of the season on Saturday by jumping 4.70 meters at the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai. The 30-year-old skipped the winter season after a tough Olympic year in which she won bronze, and is using the event in China to prepare for the Moscow world athletics championships in August. The Russian ...
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James powers to victory in Shanghai
Olympic champion Kirani James, centre, powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. Photo by: Aly ...
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Athletics-Diamond League Meeting Shanghai menwomen results
May 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Diamond League Meeting Shanghai Men/Women on Saturday Men's 1500m 1. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:32.39 2. Gebremedhen Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 3:32.43 3. Collins Cheboi (Kenya) 3:32.96 4. Abdalaati Iguider (Morocco) 3:33.29 5. Bethwell Birgen (Kenya) 3:33.67 6. Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3:33.85 7. James Kiplagat Magut (Kenya) 3:35.29 8. Teshome ...
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Airline bomb hoax suspect caught in Jiangsu
A man who allegedly made false bomb threats that affected flights in five Chinese cities was caught on Friday afternoon in Yancheng City of east China's Jiangsu ...
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Driver in Zhejiang SUV crash that killed 7 suspected of drunk driving
The driver of an Audi Q5 sports utility vehicle (SUV) that was involved in a collision that left seven people dead in east China's Zhejiang Province is suspected of drunk driving and being unlicensed, police said on Sunday. The incident happened around midnight on Saturday in the economic and technological development zone of Wenzhou City, killing seven passengers of the SUV and injuring ...
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Shanghai Peoples Square metro station offers free concerts to passengers
People's Square attracts audiences that are both keen and curious. It could be a jazz piano solo, a classical sonata or traditional Chinese bamboo flute music. Whatever your taste, free concerts in the grand hall of People's Square metro station in Shanghai have been offering a diverse range of music since the start of the year. Set against a noisy backdrop, the concerts have ...
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Shanghai looking ahead to future
Shanghai is the commercial capital of China and the most populous city in the People’s Republic, with origins as a small fishing village, the city has grown into a global city with fingers that stretch across the world, exerting global influence over international cultural, commercial and political scenes. With major projects and programs underway, the future looks bright for Shanghai.
It was recently reported by international, Chinese and Shanghai news media that China had eclipsed Japan as the second-largest economy in the world. China’s GDP and economic activity has surpassed that of Japan for many decades, but the announcement was made on the back of a range of factors including imports and exports and the human development index within major cities such as Shanghai. Read more
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