Shanghai plans to build 45 office buildings in its financial district of Lujiazui in five years, to accommodate clustering financial services companies.
Front Pages, May 14
Michael Phelps said on Sunday he hoped he had not left his push for the London Olympics too late as he tries to improve his times and form with the US Olympic trials coming next month.
The average occupancy rate of Macao's hotels reached 85.6 percent in March 2012, with four-star hotels leading at 89.5 percent.
Hong Kong stocks fell 229.59 points, or 1.15 percent, to close at 19,735.04 on Monday.
A senior UN nuclear watchdog official said Iran needed to give his inspectors access to information, people and sites.
Four pupils have been confirmed dead after a section of a middle school's wall collapsed on them in Central China's Hunan province on Monday due to persistent heavy rain.
China's stock index futures closed lower Monday, with the contract for May, the most actively traded, down 1.46 percent from the previous trading day to 2,603.8 points.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, fell 1.21 points, or 0.17 percent, to close at 719.87 points on Monday.
The number of domestic automobile dealer groups with revenue of above 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) rose quickly last year, an indication of further consolidation in the industry.
The Ministry of Finance said Monday that it has allocated 20 million yuan ($3.17 million) to help relief work in storm-hit Gansu province.
Sprinter Allyson Felix might have dashed from Qatar to Texas to help launch the United States Olympic Media Summit on Sunday but the American was taking her time deciding her program for the London Olympics.