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New York Yankees sign on first Chinese players.
The New York Yankees announced today that they have signed left-handed pitcher Kai Liu and catcher Zhenwang Zhang to minor league contracts, becoming the first Major League team to sign a player from the People's Republic of China with approval from the country's baseball association.
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Killer bashes, knifes victim. Local prosecutors yesterday charged a 71-year-old man with killing a 76-year-old woman by bashing her with a spade, trying to suffocate her with a quilt, and then attempting to strangle her. Finally he knifed her in the face and neck, prosecutors allege. Messy, messy! U.S. avoids labeling China 'manipulator'. China is not intentionally manipulating its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage but its massive buildup of foreign reserves raises risks for the global economy, a U.S. government report said Wednesday. Wikipedia unblocked? Every version of Wikipedia that is, except for the Chinese version. We're just keeping our fingers and toes crossed it doesn't get blocked again by tomorrow. It gets a bit tiresome after a while. Gymnast Falls, Likely Paralyzed. Wang Yan, whose age was given as 15 or 16, fell from the bars headfirst during Sunday's final in Shanghai, breaking her neck and losing consciousness. Doctors said she was fortunate to have survived her injury, the Shanghai Daily reported yesterday. Google Shanghai R&D center to open at end June. Google Inc's engineering research centre in Shanghai will open towards the end of June, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday. Old 'worms in the eyes' trick comes back in city. A man is playing an ancient trick called "worms in the eyes" to cheat elderly people in a street in downtown Jing'an District, Shanghai Morning Post reported today. Honor for the vein glorious. On World Bood Donor Day, the city honored 103 top blood donors, and a collection of stamps with the images of 17 people who have donated platelets 25 times or more was released. China to apply brakes again after economy speeds up. China's economy is set for another round of measures to prevent overheating, premier Wen Jiabao said as official data Thursday showed industrial output had defied cooling efforts in May. Shanghai cracks nearly 1,500 commercial bribery cases in 16 months. Discipline inspectors and law enforcement agencies in Shanghai dealt with 1,468 commercial bribery cases, involving 495 million yuan in this leading metropolis of China in the 15 months ending April this year, authorities said on Thursday. Guanxi website promises links. Since its founding in March, Zhike.com has been seeking out the kind of connections that can help people enroll a child in the right primary school, get help from the government with business and even meet a celebrity - for a price. Patrol team reports 46 cheating cabbies. A team of officers tasked with patrolling the entrances to 27 of the city's top hotels to keep an eye out for taxi drivers who try to cheat foreign passengers has reported 46 drivers since going on duty earlier this year. KFC in deal to open more restaurants along expanding Shanghai metro. KFC has formed a strategic partnership with the Shanghai Shentong Metro Assets Management Co Ltd to build more of its fast food stores around Shanghai's growing number of subway stations over the next several years. Bodies related to Ming artist found in Shanghai. Four bodies found in two ancient tombs unearthed at a construction site in Jiading District are probably the relatives of Li Liufang, a famous artist during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), archaeologists said yesterday.
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Photo(s) of the Day: More Shanghai snow
More Shanghai Snow photos available from the following Flickr users:
Not too late for Turkey Day
For all displaced Americans and tryptophan lovers, consider these lovely Thanksgiving dinner options for tomorrow night in our cozy little Chinese metropolis:
China Blog Parade: July 15-21, 2007
Our round-up of some of last week's highlights from China's English-language blogosphere:
Independence Day Burger Grill Off Photos (finally...)
Shanghaiist's busy backroom techies have been wrangling with all manner of nerdy stuff to ensure the delivery our photo slideshow to the eager, burger slider-enthralled masses. We had a great time yesterday, and from the above photos we are fairly sure that you did as well.
Pimp my horn!
200 RMB fines have gone a long way in making our streets quieter, but it looks like years of blasting the pipes have left drivers with itchy palms. Shanghai Daily is reporting that in an effort to circumvent the recent ban on horn-honking, some drivers have turned to customizing their horns to make different sounds when pressed.
Today's Links: The dog days of summer, China rejects emissions report, and pigeons plague Peking
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Today's Links: Chinese Yankees, Mega IPOs and Buddha Demolitions
The New York Yankees announced today that they have signed left-handed pitcher Kai Liu and catcher Zhenwang Zhang to minor league contracts, becoming the first Major League team to sign a player from the People's Republic of China with approval from the country's baseball association.
China Fines Six Banks for Lending to Stock Purchases
China's banking regulator fined six banks for making loans that were illegally invested in shares, the first sanctions announced after a yearlong investigation aimed at cooling speculation and curbing financial risks.
China’s double-digit economic growth remains sustainable with the rapid expansion expected to continue over the next few years, state media reported, citing a senior government advisor.
China Mobile eyes biggest ever Shanghai listing
China Mobile , the world's largest mobile phone operator, plans to raise more than $6 billion in a stock offer in Shanghai as early as next month that would be China's largest ever.
Microsoft will set up a SQL Server R&D Center in China
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced during his visit to China last month that his company would further expand its research and development institutes in Beijing and Shanghai.
Shanghai set to overtake Singapore as world`s busiest port
Shanghai is set to overtake Singapore as the world's busiest port in 2008 as the Chinese economy continues with its stellar growth, an executive of the city-state's port operator said in remarks published Monday.
Free dinosaur exhibition to open on July 10
Workers at Shanghai Science and Technology Museum today opened 59 cases containing more than 20 scarce dinosaur fossils from Zigong City, Sichuan Province, which will be exhibited at the museum for free from July 10 through August 31.
Shanghai's new height: 423.8 meters
The unfinished Shanghai World Financial Center eclipsed Jinmao Tower to become the tallest building on the Chinese mainland as it scraped the sky at 423.8 meters yesterday, exceeding Jinmao's 420.5 meters.
China's rural labor force shrinking fast
China will begin to feel the pain of labor shortages nationwide in the next couple of years - much earlier than previously forecast - as the country's seemingly ample supply of rural migrant workers dries up, say latest studies by state think-tanks.
China Confirms Demolition of Giant Buddha Statue At Tibetan Monastery
The Chinese authorities have acknowledged the 'removal' of a giant gold and copper plated statue of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) donated by Chinese Buddhists to Samye monastery in Tibet and demolished by Chinese People's Armed Police in mid-May.
Sudanese students flock to learn Chinese
Tong Xiaofeng, a Chinese professor at Khartoum University, says most of the Sudanese students in his class are motivated by money.
Taiwanese Upset at China's Policies
Many people in Taiwan are disappointed with the behaviour of the Chinese government, according to a poll by Taiwan Thinktank. 85 per cent of respondents think China’s efforts to exclude Taiwan from world bodies will affect two-way relations.
China's Alibaba plans HK IPO for $1 bln-report
Alibaba.com, China's biggest e-commerce company, will raise up to US$1 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering this year, spurning the U.S. markets, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday.
Explaining the Vanishing Pirate
According to Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, Chow Yun-fat's role in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie was censored for "for vilifying and defacing the Chinese and insulting Singapore."
Danone Executives Targeted In Shanghai Protest
Dozens of employees from Chinese beverage giant Wahaha descended upon a five-star hotel and office complex in one of the city’s richest districts last week to shout their wrath at Groupe Danone of France for its attempted takeover activities.
Wahaha workers protest Danone bid
Dozens of Wahaha employees took to the street yesterday shouting "Oppose Danone" and "Boycott Danone" to protest the alleged takeover bid by Groupe Danone SA of its Chinese partner Wahaha.
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Today's Links: Big money, big bridges, big magnets, and big bombs
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Today's Links: Another murder, cabbies nailed, and worm trick returns
Today's Links: Death by scissors, inflation, and 1001 Chinese
to embroil a listed company this year.
Video of the Day: Hip-hop in Shanghai?
This may not be the kind of hiphop that China is looking for, but it's good for a few minutes of head-bobbing amusement. The video seems unrelated but similar to the work of a favorite Guangzhou-born artist, Cao Fei, and her "Hip-hop" video series. Shanghaiist left a message with the poster on YouTube inquiring if there are more like it on the way. Thanks to Martin for the tip! Remember, you can always leave us...
Bring 'em on! Beijing prepares for the terrorists
Almost as fun as playing Counter-Strike was watching this video of how China is gearing up for the thorny security problem that is the 2008 Olympics. These are the guys that can do 50 one-armed push-ups without breaking a sweat; they know whether to snip the red wire or the blue wire first; they will make sure that the possibility of being held hostage and then beheaded by an obscure group of Islamic insurgents won't crimp your style!
Today's Links: Toothpaste, melting glaciers, and expensive art
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Photo of the Day: Hold your horns, it's the law
Friday was the first day that Shanghai's ban on honking withing the Inner Ring Road came into effect. Fines range from RMB 200 for prolonged honking, RMB 100 for average offenses, and simple friendly reminders at the officer's discretion for unavoidable toots. The Shanghai Morning Post reports that traffic noise was down on 11 decibels on average at 70 sites being monitored around the city.
Pencil This In: What's coming up this weekend in Shanghai
Shanghai. It is all happening. Here's the proof:
Pencil This In: What's coming up this week in Shanghai
Summer is here and everything is heating up. Leading up to this weekend, this is what Shanghaiist thinks is going to be hot today and tomorrow.
Today's Links: Paraplegia, porn, and Shanghai punks
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Today's Links: Bubbles, substandard toys, and removing bullets
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Photo of the Day: China Eastern to sell stake to Singapore Airlines
Even while Shanghaiist is waiting with bated breath for direct flights to the east coast, China Eastern Airlines is set to sell a 25 percent stake to Singapore Airlines, the world's largest carrier by market capitalisation, for HK$7.9 billion (US$1 billion) worth of new shares. In the meanwhile, Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore's state-owned investment arm with $85 billion of assets, may join Singapore Airlines in its bid for a stake. China Eastern suffered a net loss of 2.8 billion yuan in 2006, thereby gaining the dubious honour of becoming the only one of China's three state-owned airlines to report a loss last year. Whatever it is, one can only hope this means better inflight service, better food, fewer delays and fewer cancellations for passengers.
Today's Links: Unsafe bridges, lethal fish and smoke-free restaurants
"Xupu Bridge's 240 suspension cables are to have a large-scale renovation to make the bridge safer and more beautiful prior to the opening of World Expo 2010, the Shanghai Engineering Administrative Bureau has said." If no Expo, safety not an issue.
"The list of potentially deadly products reaching the United States from China continued to grow Thursday, as an importer recalled frozen fish that may be tainted with a lethal toxin ..." Good thing we don't eat Chinese exports here in Shanghai!
"Around the lake, several specific zones will be built such as one for vegetable picking, a rare vegetable exhibition room, a vegetable and fruit bar and children's world, the report said." We have marked our calendars.
"But we don’t see any compelling parallels of doom at this time. China’s yuan is not in deflationary territory, like the dollar was in the late ‘90s, which helped cause the tech boom & bust."
"Shanghai's food and drug watchdog has ordered a city-wide recall of all drugs made by three local companies who are not registered drug makers, the Labor Daily reported today."
"A Taiwanese blogger named Sen Lin (森林) has written a tongue-in-cheek defence of Shijingshan Amusement Park. The piece is facetious, but sounds exactly like ostensibly serious arguments you hear in China every day."
"A program will train restaurant operators how to set up no-smoking areas for the sake of people's health, the Shanghai Association on Smoking Control said yesterday." We want a Shanghai Association on Smoking Control T-shirt.
"The article then trots out the bromide that 'China may look innovative...but observers say it's got a long way to go.' It then quotes (misquotes?) Andy Rothman at CLSA-Asia Pacific Markets, as saying 'there isn’t a single innovative Chinese company.”
"The Yunnan provincial government has announced that there will be 'absolutely' no dams built and no mines opened in the Three Parallel Rivers area, one of the World Natural Heritage sites listed by the UNESCO."
"Coca Cola ... has launched a program to give 100,000 sets of playing cards with AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria prevention knowledge to Chinese migrant workers. The poker cards will be handed out at railway stations and construction sites..." Smart cards.
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Today's Links: Clocks, hacks and open race tracks
"If you can’t find a taxi driver whose political views match those of your readers, then just make one up. Call him Mr. Wang, inform your public that he only earns a hundred dollars a month, and they’ll believe any old crap you write."
"Focus instead on the fact that every time Jay Yang has taken charge of Yahoo!'s China strategy in the past, the results have been, well, considerably less than stellar."
"The meeting, chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao, decided to cover all needy people in rural areas across the country under the allowance program, including the aged, the disabled and those who are unable to work."
"With visions of the New York Stock Exchange dancing in our heads, many of us expected the Shanghai exchange to be an exciting place to visit and observe live trading. But when we were shown into the large on-site trading room ... it was eerily silent."
"In one of the most notable trade deals of the Bush administration, U.S. airlines got the OK Wednesday to ramp up service to China in unprecedented levels... The number of daily passenger flights between the US and China will more than double by 2012."
"News Corporation's Chinese version of its social networking site (SNS) MySpace China (Myspace.cn) recently spent one million Yuan to sign the Back Dorm Boys as spokesmen for the website, reports Donews quoting a rumor."
"Asian markets were marginally in red today morning led by China's Shanghai index following a warning from the former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that the gains in the Chinese market were unsustainable."
"Chinese portal Sina.com, which has one of the "good," officially sanctioned video clip websites, is now holding a massive video blog 播客 contest which will end on July 15th."
"Shanghai's international motor racing circuit said yesterday that it will open the track for the first time to private cars for free on June 9 and June 10. But the test driving will be limited to Volkswagen sedan owners."
"Asia's tallest clock tower will fall silent from June 1 while it undergoes a four-month renovation program, the first comprehensive face-lift it has had since it first began to chime eight decades ago." Custom's House.
"The car ... caught the attention of police when it was doing 186 km per hour on the expressway at 10am. When it passed a charge window at the Nanxun exit in Zhejiang Province, data showed the car spent only 19 min to cover 84 km."
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