Monday, December 23, 2024
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Shanghai's iconic Nanjing Road East is offering a large number of discounts for both locals and expats as part of the annual New Year's celebration. The "Nanjing Road and You Welcome the New Year" event will run from Wednesday to January 26, 2025, with a total of 21 million yuan (US$2.9 million) in promotional coupons available for use in about 80 shops across the street. More
Shanghai's West Bund has launched its Fantasy Waterfront Carnival, a two-month extravaganza featuring a waterfront market, ice rink, live music, and parades, offering a festive end to the year. More
Strolling along Shanghai's riverside walkways of the North Bund and Tian An 1000 Trees, you will be surrounded by the Thai language; while walking on Nanjing Road and in Tianzifang, it feels as if one is in a sea of Koreans. Yes! Many have noticed an influx of foreign tourists in the streets and alleys of Shanghai, especially from neighboring countries. More
Repairs on the damaged section of Line 11, caused by a tower crane collapse, concluded by 9pm on Sunday, with operations resuming thereafter, Shanghai Metro said. More
China strongly deplores and firmly opposes US military assistance and arms sales to China's Taiwan region, and has immediately lodged solemn representations with the United States, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Sunday. More
China has completed the construction of databases for normative documents across all 31 provincial-level regions on the mainland, a key step in ensuring all regulations and policies are filed for legislative recording and review. More
Chinese scientist Zhu Yongguan has been elected vice president for membership of the International Science Council (ISC), according to the China Association for Science and Technology. More
Shanghai Port became the first in the world to see the annual container throughput exceed 50 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) on Sunday. The port has ranked first globally for 14 consecutive years in terms of annual container throughput. More
Have you ever been stuck in standstill Shanghai traffic and wished you could just fly over the gridlock of cars? The idea may not be as far-fetched as you think. Aeroht, a subsidiary of China's electric carmaker Xpeng, is in test flights of its Land Aircraft Carrier, an electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL) that fits into the trunk of a specialized van, or "maiden ship" module. More
Two US Navy pilots ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, said the US military. More
Four people on board were killed when an air ambulance helicopter crashed after colliding with a hospital building in Turkey's Aegean province of Mugla on Sunday. More
Russia has not lost the desire to improve its relations with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Sunday. More
The death toll from Cyclone Chido, a powerful tropical cyclone that struck northern Mozambique last weekend, has climbed to 94, while the number of injured has risen to 768, according to the latest update from the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD). More
