Provides the latest RSS feeds for Shanghai News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Shanghai News.net http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/cat/360231fd461d67ac/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 22:03:08 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:03:08 -0400 30 With the absence of Chinese star Liu Xiang, American David Oliver topped the men's 110-metre hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing here, while China's Li Jinzhe continued his good form and grabbed a second win in the men's long jump. Oliver, bronze medallist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Games, held off the challenge of London Olympic runner-up Jason Richardson and Jamaica's Dwight ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214684595/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214684595/scat/360231fd461d67ac Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's premier. Xinhua described the Islamabad-Beijing ties as an "all-weather strategic partnership". It is worth noting that Li is the first foreign leader to visit Pakistan in the wake of the country's general elections, Xinhua said in a commentary. The two "firsts" testified to the "all-weather ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214682007/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 02:40:02 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214682007/scat/360231fd461d67ac During his weekly address Wednesday in St. Peter's Square, the pope called for prayers so Chinese Catholics can live their lives "in the service of their country and fellow citizens," in a way that is consistent with their faith. China's government does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The two sides have regularly clashed over China's influence ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214694762/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:33 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214694762/scat/360231fd461d67ac A 10-year-old Tesco store in Shanghai will be closed in the end of May, the UK retailer Tesco Group announced Wednesday, shortly after rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc shut down three superstores in the Chinese mainland in April. The property owner has no intents of renewing the lease contract, so the firm decided to close the supermarket on May 31, an PR representative with Tesco China, who wished to ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214691050/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:20 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214691050/scat/360231fd461d67ac SHANGHAI, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AmRest HK Limited, a HK Company, recently celebrated the grand opening of its second La Tagliatella Italian restaurant in Shanghai, China. Built just behind the Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower, one of China's most iconic modern structures, the new La Tagliatella features a breathtaking location along the Huangpu River. The physical address of the ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214690468/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 10:13:28 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214690468/scat/360231fd461d67ac Chinese authorities have charged six people with extortion in connection with a scandal involving secretly recorded sex videos, prosecutors said Wednesday. The six are accused of luring officials in the southwestern city of Chongqing into having sex with women and secretly recording the encounters to blackmail the officials, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. The suspects were ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214689978/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 09:55:32 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214689978/scat/360231fd461d67ac A restaurant in Shanghai is offering affluent middle-class Chinese with a growing taste for the exotic a popular, if unusual, dish - pizza with a Thai durian ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214687553/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 07:44:41 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214687553/scat/360231fd461d67ac Innovation a key driver for Hershey's Asia growth As part of the company's strategy to drive global growth and innovation, The Hershey Company ( ) today announced the opening of its new Asia Innovation Center located in Shanghai, China. Hershey's new Asia Innovation Center, located at the Jinqiao Golden Bridge Research Park in the Pudong District of Shanghai, is a ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214687887/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 07:44:19 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214687887/scat/360231fd461d67ac The concerns of Chinese demand are well known though the prices posted a confident face at the time of closing. Shanghai August expiry contract closed at 53730 yuan per tonne on Wednesday, up 350 yuan per tonne.LME Copper three month futures gain is most likely to have boosted Copper in China. LME Copper was trading at $ 7463 per tonne, though it was below $ 7400 per tonne levels at the early ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214686248/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 06:36:38 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214686248/scat/360231fd461d67ac The Chinese artist and political campaigner releases a music video for his heavy metal single Dumbass, which reconstructs the 81 days he spent detained by the ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214685245/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 05:49:45 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214685245/scat/360231fd461d67ac (1 min ago) Stocks in Hong Kong closed down 0.45 percent despite a strong lead from Wall Street, as dealers awaited testimony by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on the economic outlook. The benchmark Hang Seng Index lost 105.29 points to 23,261 on turnover of HK$52.41 billion. Trading began in the city todat at 1pm after a delay over a severe rainstorm warning. Stocks in Shanghai ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214683634/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 04:20:07 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214683634/scat/360231fd461d67ac technical factors to guide trading. So both the Bund and the US Treasuries went South in early US trading, approaching the recent, sell-off lows. However, no break occurred and helped ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214684258/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 04:15:51 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214684258/scat/360231fd461d67ac A family quarrel escalated into a violent attack when a man killed his wife, one-year-old son and himself on Tuesday in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, local media reported today. The couple started quarrelling around noon and soon began to fight each other. Both were highly agitated and locked the door to fill their apartment with coal gas, neighbors said. Around 2:30pm, the wife was seen ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214683311/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 03:37:51 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214683311/scat/360231fd461d67ac A road in south China's Guangdong province caved in, killing at least five people, authorities said. The incident Tuesday occurred at the Huamao industrial park in Shenzen, a major city in the province in the southern tip of mainland China. Guangdong, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau, has been hit by major flooding caused by heavy rainstorms that have claimed at least 33 lives. At the road ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214681904/scat/360231fd461d67ac Wed, 22 May 2013 01:51:41 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214681904/scat/360231fd461d67ac Feng said China was aging rapidly due to its one-child policy and has begun to lose its demographic dividend, resulting in labor shortage and insufficient young workers.To some extent, their salary expectations are lower than locals and migrant workers are more hardworking as they want to survive in the city," Feng ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214679272/scat/360231fd461d67ac Tue, 21 May 2013 22:40:19 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214679272/scat/360231fd461d67ac (49 mins ago) Stocks in Shanghai were down slightly in early trade due to profit-taking, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.13 percent, or 3.05 points, to ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214679273/scat/360231fd461d67ac Tue, 21 May 2013 22:38:51 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214679273/scat/360231fd461d67ac LONDON ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214678834/scat/360231fd461d67ac Tue, 21 May 2013 21:07:07 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214678834/scat/360231fd461d67ac Geologists in China say they've found gold reserves in a northwestern province that could be worth $32 billion to the country's economy. The discovery was made in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. The gold deposit in Xinyuan County in the Ili Valley is estimated to contain at least 53 tons, Zeng Xiaogang, ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214674114/scat/360231fd461d67ac Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:28 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214674114/scat/360231fd461d67ac The private Chinese fishing boat freed by Pyongyang this morning after 12 days of detention will continue its operations in China's waters off the Yellow Sea, its owner said on Tuesday. Yu Xuejun, who was not on board, said that all the fishermen are safe and are returning without ransom having been paid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The boat's captain called Yu ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214670258/scat/360231fd461d67ac Tue, 21 May 2013 15:45:47 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214670258/scat/360231fd461d67ac /enpproperty--> With no new confirmed cases of the H7N9 virus on the Chinese mainland for more than a week, Shanghai is planning to allow cold-processed poultry meat onto the market by the end of May, giving the heavily hit poultry industry a chance at ... http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214668262/scat/360231fd461d67ac Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:23 -0400 http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/214668262/scat/360231fd461d67ac