Burgeoning cities generate increasing global pressure

The increasing pace of urbanization and the need for sustainable development are among the biggest challenges of the modern world, and increasingly important in China, a developing country with a number of rapidly sprawling cities.

BASF pavilion shows sustainable solutions

As an official partner of the "Germany and China - Moving Ahead Together" initiative underway in Chongqing, German chemicals giant BASF said it supports the event to assist China in finding innovative solutions for sustainable development.

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S.H. Bay, emerging star on the Shanghai skyline

SHANGHAI: Nearly all famous cities in the world have developed along the banks of equally renowned rivers. Paris has the Seine, London the Thames and New York has the Hudson River, to name just a few. These beautiful rivers flow peacefully through the cities and have given rise to rich civilizations.

Suzhou Creek brings to life its history, cultural legacy

SHANGHAI: Considered Shanghai's mother river, Suzhou Creek (whose original name was Wusong River) runs for over 100 km. And it has an even longer history.

Plots in golden area beckon investors

The Shanghai Zhabei Foreign Economic Relations Commission said Plots 41 and 42 in Suhewan (or S.H. Bay) area will be the first to enter the "primary market". The two plots have completed the relocation of residents and are ready to be put on the market.

Life Travel

What a high!

Safety is our primary concern when I and photographer Lu Zhongqiu prepare for a hot air balloon ride. "Is it safe?" Lu asks Zhu Qingchen, president of Topsun Communications Group.

Scorching heat, drenching plum rains, characterize Nanchang

I told myself I would be finally rid of this weather as I buried myself in preparations for the 1983 college entrance examination, in the simmering heat of July.

Life Culture

Impact is imminent

Joan Chen. Gong Li. Zhang Ziyi. Liu Yifei? The starlet who co-starred with Jet Li and Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom may just be China's next big thing. Thanks to her performance in the kungfu blockbuster, the 20-year-old has just joined the William Morris Agency (WMA), the prestigious talent and literary agency with past like Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Katharine Hepburn. Liu is one of the agency's only two Chinese actresses; the other is Zhang Ziyi.

Rebuilding opera's famous chamber

"The younger sister Lin falls from the sky, like a light cloud just flying from the back of the mountain." It is probably one of the most popular arias from the Yueju Opera, A Dream of the Red Chamber.