Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: Shànghǎi (help·info); Wu (Long-short): Zånhae; Shanghainese (IPA): [zɑ̃'he]), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the People's Republic of China and the eighth largest in the world. Widely regarded as the citadel of China's modern economy, the city also serves as one of the most important cultural, commercial, financial, industrial and communications centers of China. Administratively, Shanghai is a municipality of the People's Republic of China that has province-level status. Shanghai is also one of the world's busiest ports, and became the largest cargo port in the world in 2005.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto. Photo: AP/Facebook The wedding of Mark Zuckerberg to Priscilla Chan last weekend in the backyard of their $US7 million home had al ...
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Source: International Business Times
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Domestic industry battles to scale sunlit uplands, reports Xie Yu in Shanghai. It's hard not to notice the huge tilting solar walls at the headquarters of Suntech Power Holdings, the world's largest producer of ...
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SINGAPORE - EpiCentre Holdings says it will take some time before its expansion in China yields positive results. Executive chairman and CEO Jimmy Fong concedes it is a "difficult market to get into", and ...
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SINGAPORE - The world's top basketball property, the NBA (National Basketball Association), is planning to establish a permanent base in Singapore to reach out to the more than half-a-billion people in South ...
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