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Save the word

[2013-06-12 08:01]

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.

Talk local

[2013-06-12 08:01]

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.

New novel sparks interest in dialect literature

[2013-06-12 08:01]

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.

Cookson launches plan to unseat chief

[2013-06-10 08:20]

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.