Despite efforts to liven up its gray concrete structure with colorful lights and attractive signs, the old abattoir in downtown Shanghai, renamed 1933 in memory of a bygone age, remains an eerie place, with a chill draft blowing through the premises.
French bank Societe Generale SA is seeking to expand into Africa to tap the boom of Sino-African trade and the rapidly growing commercial activities of Chinese enterprises in the region.
Hefei State Hi-tech Industry Development Zone, one of the nation's first group of such zones, has designed a "Smart City" aimed at creating a Silicon Valley-type high-tech cluster in eastern China, between the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers.
In 1997, a young man named Cao Renxian gave up the "iron rice bowl" of a college teacher and dived into the world of business. At that time, such a decision was seen as a bold act, but Cao had a strong belief that he would one day succeed in the area to which he planned to devote his career - new energy.
A Hefei-based branch of Continental Corp, the leading German tire manufacturer aiming to become one of China's top three tiremakers and suppliers over the next few years, has vowed to enhance driving safety for Chinese customers.
3M Hefei, a major local branch of the US giant Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, plans to become a super manufacturing hub for the company, capable of producing a variety of products.
Children in Shanghai will be expected to learn the local dialect in kindergarten, as the city's education authorities plan to enhance folk culture education among the youth.
The Shanghai dialect has been introduced to more of the city's public places in an effort to preserve the fast-fading local mother tongue.
A newly published novel written in the Shanghai dialect has aroused much interest in using the dialect in literature.
A 24-year-old employee at Ogilvy China, a public relations consultancy in Beijing, died after suffering a heart attack at work on May 13. According to investigations, his micro blog showed that he had been working overtime for a month without a break. Almost a month has passed, and many of his colleagues and friends still refuse to accept that he is dead. "He didn't talk much. But he was broad-minded and healthy. He loved sports and had a passion for music ... whenever I think of him a picture of a happy and energetic man appears in front of my eyes," recalled one of his colleagues who didn't want to be named.
Dragging cycling from the "mire" of the Lance Armstrong affair will be Brian Cookson's objective if the British Cycling chief succeeds in unseating International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid this year. McQuaid's bid for a third term as president of cycling's ruling body is set to be decided at a UCI congress at the world championships in Florence in September.
Scrumhalf Will Genia will need to have an outstanding series and win his personal duel with Welshman Mike Phillips if Australia are to beat the British and Irish Lions, Wallabies great Nick Farr-Jones said.
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