Saturday, July 13, 2013

China scraps plans for uranium plant after protest

  • The Telegraph - Saturday 13th July, 2013

    Chinese local authorities have scrapped plans to build a uranium-processing plant, one day after hundreds of residents protested against if because of safety ...

  • 8-year-old girl dies after falling down elevator shaft in Shanghais construction site

    whatsonsanya - Saturday 13th July, 2013

    An eight-year-old girl fell to her death in an elevator shaft on Saturday at a construction site where her parents worked, police said yesterday. The girl's body was not found until 10:30pm on Saturday at the bottom of the No. 3 elevator shaft at Shanghai Everbright City Industrial Zone in Zhabei District. The girl, who is from Anhui Province, came to Shanghai on Saturday to see her ...

  • 3 passengers detained for attacking airport workers over plane delay in Shanghai

    whatsonsanya - Saturday 13th July, 2013

    THREE stranded passengers resorted to attacking airline employees yesterday as Shanghai's two airports struggled to get back on schedule after Friday's thunderstorm caused more than 100 flight cancellations. Two men, surnamed Zhang, 45, and Yu, 62, and a woman surnamed Zhang, 44, assaulted two China Eastern Airlines employees at Hongqiao International Airport after their flight to ...

  • Shanghai residents welcome prison closure plans

    General Sources - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Residents living near an old prison in Shanghai have welcomed the planned closure of the complex, complaining that the facility had severely affected their lives. A resident surnamed Wang said Tilanqiao Prison, located in Hongkou District, is just across the road from his home. While the commercial metropolis is becoming more and more glamorous, his community remains outdated due to the ...

  • SCFI Shanghai-US Spot Rates Retreat

    Journal of Commerce - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Spot container rates to the U.S. East and West Coasts fell in the week of July 12 after rising the past two weeks due to the strength of a July 1 general rate increase. GRI achievement levels for both lanes slipped to the 50 percent ...

  • Report Beijing Shanghai Among Worst Airports For Delays

    NPR - Friday 12th July, 2013

    A domestic departures board shows flight delays at Beijing's international airport in January. If you think flight delays in the U.S. are bad, try China. A new report from travel industry monitor FlightStats says it's the world's worst when it comes to delays at major ...

  • Shanghais Catholic Church in disarray

    The Telegraph - Friday 12th July, 2013

    China's largest Catholic diocese has been left leaderless and in a state of chaos after a popular long-standing bishop died and his presumed successor was placed under house arrest for speaking out against the Communist ...

  • Shanghai Gold Silver Volumes Surge To Records and Premiums Rise As Night Trading Begins

    FXstreet - Friday 12th July, 2013

    fix was USD 1,280.75, EUR 981.87 and GBP 848.91 per ounce. Gold rose $34.30 or 2.74% yesterday and closed at $1,285.40/oz. Silver surged $1.03 or 5.38% and closed at ...

  • Chinese Communist party officials quit cigarettes to help pollution

    The Telegraph - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Chain-smoking Communists in northern China have sworn to stub out their cigarettes in a bid to bring the country's appalling air pollution crisis under ...

  • Chinas failing footballers forced to attend patriotism education classes

    The Telegraph - Friday 12th July, 2013

    One of China's top football clubs has vowed to "crackdown on sloth" among its players with a slew of new measures including forcing underperforming stars to attend "patriotism education" ...

  • China U.S. agree to talk on bilateral investment treaty

    Middle East Times - Friday 12th July, 2013

    China agreed to begin talks soon with the United States on an investment treaty officials said could provide greater access for U.S. firms to Chinese markets. The agreement was announced by Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng at the just concluded two-day U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, an annual affair begun in 2008. Gao said a "substantive stage" of ...

  • Hang Seng Shanghai shares retreat

    The Standard - Friday 12th July, 2013

    (57 mins ago) Stocks in Hong Kong and Shanghai slipped today as profit-takers moved in after both markets enjoyed healthy buying in the previous session. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 0.75 percent, or 160.21 points, to 21,277.28 on turnover of HK$57.16 billion. In Shanghai, shares ended down 1.62 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 33.50 points to 2,039.49 on turnover of 103.0 ...

  • UPDATE 1-Shanghai gold silver volumes hit records in after-hours trade

    Reuters - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:39am EDT * Night trade booms on domestic investors' demand * It helps China to gain a better hold in global marketplace * Shanghai Exchange to expand after-hours trade for other products * Extension of base metals trade hours could power up volumes -trader (Adds ShFE, trader comment) By Ruby Lian and Fayen Wong SHANGHAI, July 12 (Reuters) - Trading volumes for gold and ...

  • Source: http://www.shanghainews.net/index.php/sid/215807928/scat/360231fd461d67ac

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