Creative colouring:Two children put colourful cream all over their bodies for a show organized by local kindergartens.

Foster care for challenged kids


Flogged into virtue


The origin of 'Native Shanghainese'


A better way to pay household bills


Who's the fairest of them all?


Old mores in modern city


Stereotype of Shanghai Woman


How cable reports led to 'extras'


Humans should be in total harmony with animals


More dedicated to a sense of community


Home is where the work is


Newspapers hog the attention


Golden age of Chinese tourism


Ultimate rehabilitation of ex-SARS patients


Survival of the fittest


Cradle of elite women


Russian writer who couldn't be demolished


Learning to be grateful


Memories of old barber's shops


Catering to different tastes


European head hunters move in


Leasing office space


Tale of grand old movie palace


A tale of two wars


Conspiracy to spoil a delicacy


Sincere about returning


Monopoly busting in the air


Easy, quick money transfer service


Temple where books are venerated


Who wants a cloned world?


Men and other animals


Return to trust investment


Hotel with a history


Maglev money is gliding in


When less is more


Law of the transport jungle


Residents pleased to be moving


Property speculators hail Expo


Expo brings to fore local concerns


Short names of city


Live up to 'Better City, Better Life'


The nutrition revolution


Antibiotic anxiety


Ups and downs of Sichuan Beilu


What's wrong with our sex education?


Familiar laments


Clear creek a long wait away


Chen Yi stands guard on the Bund


A century of abuse


Doomed to be interesting?


Beneath the glamour


A pall over the mall


High-flying mayoress in town for 'Edge'


Seasonal hairy crab is a local speciality


The mission of an analyst


Spiritual comfort part of filial duty


Crab time, but is it real McCoy?


'Poisoning' scare only a memory


Birth of new aviation hub


Changing street names


A rising star in the east


In the face of AIDS


'Foreign' is not always better


Ant troops in fight to the death


One inthree will be 60 in 2030


Temple a witness to Taoism


CITS has a long way to go


Between a rock and a hard place


Media plays mediator's role


Court: debtors can't enjoy too much


A guildhall of architecture


A tale of two cities


Students, stop tax excuses


Reality check on forgeries


They still want to talk, anonymously


Road of books & revolution


Spare a thought for workers!


Laundry-hanging Shanghai-style


Farewell to a favourite eatery


Indispensable dung business


Green food gets cold shoulder


What we owe to a porn disk vendor


Racism is more than skin deep..


Progress vs conservation


Expat clubs in the 1930s


'Black guides' mar tourism


Always the bridesmaid, never the bride


Domestic disputes


Plain packing, please


Online bookstore not popular


Witness to Lujiazui's past


Intrusive personal questions


Really living in Shanghai


Creekside Soho doomed


Convenience matters


General Chen Yi's emancipatory vision


What's behind speed dating


Ingratitude of today's children


Excuse me, where are you from?


Farmers turn to cash crops


Hall's concerted efforts


The games they play


Dark lips, debauchery


Rental cars on bumpy roads


China beauty in contract row


Designer of edifices


Nine in 10 jaywalk


Corruption in hospitals


Kids find no time to relax


No loophole for stowaways


Little White House


A lychee at half a million?


Going crazy for cheese


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Beyond craftsmanship


Strict selection for aviation security guards


Hotel toilets open to the public


Vicissitudes of minister's mansion


Blind students sit for national exam


Moving away, moving on


Numbers don't add up


This judge is a peacemaker


The link between drugs and crimes


Culture trip, home stays at Interactival


Water worries


Hotels debate 'six needs'


Residence cards for migrants


Computer-minded leader advances SOE management


Storytelling puppeteer


Air transport summit injects confidence into flying industry


Traffic accidents damage Xupu, Yangpu bridges


IN BRIEF (Page: 1, Date: 06/07/2002)


China's wine frontier


Office killers conspire to sicken white-collar workers


Business opportunities lures Hahn to Shanghai


Scholar envoy for World Expo bid


Banking competition gets hot


Pioneer of future bio-tech drugs


Vehicle-makers to push automotive credit


Service sector draws foreign investment


Air France to fly higher


Testing times for DVD firms


E-mail no longer free-mail


NEPCON to keep its edge in Shanghai


'Wind alert' calls for safety measures


Store promo-sale a threat to animals?


Placement programme to benefit 50,000


Workshop repacking expired medicines shut


Other regions


New residency policy to treat outsiders warily


Cocoa products' auction failure evokes concern


Post-WTO: City opens to more foreign retailers


Foreign firm specializes in probing fakes


IN BRIEF (Page: 1, Date: 03/15/2002)


Timely recharge on city streets


A peep into in-house succession system


Starbucks brews coffee business in China


Attractive show to light up the city


Asia software giant seeks profits in huge China market


Foreign expertise in business travel


New fears over exports of software


IN BRIEF (Page: 1, Date: 02/22/2002)


Vulnerable to anti-dumping charges


Foreign-funded insurance firms hail new regulations


DuPont's ambition of growth has solid basis


IN BRIEF (Page: 1, Date: 02/08/2002)


Upgraded cars at lower prices


Shanghai injects huge funds to modernize Nanjing Road


Baosteel Int'l confident in future


Enron alarm bells ring here


Dilemma of the car


Access to a safety market


Fuji fights back for market share


IN BRIEF


Insurers venture online


Meeting demands of high-end housing


Hopeful relief for CD fans


IN BRIEF (Page: 1, Date: 01/18/2002)


KFC meets local culinary preferences


Baosteel confident in future


Brokers focus on the Net


60b-yuan loan for infrastructure


Horticulture show extended till March


Bank of Shanghai assets 120b yuan


Service to ensure diplomas are real


Man kills wife out of despair


Annual appraisal of universities


IN BRIEF


Small potatoes, big profits


Banking services online


Share out and co-operate


Marching into Shanghai


Wolves or better halves?


Cost of skilled labour on the rise


City's architecture taken to the world


IN BRIEF (Page: 1, Date: 12/21/2001)


Foreign insurers get green light


Shanghai invites Schattdecor to stay


Listed firms zoom in on public relations market


Growing with hometown


Highly valued opening day


15 years' timetable to reach the top


Diamond centre gets back shine


B&Q changes to suit Chinese buyers


IN BRIEF


Mixed expectations


Great leap forward


Linked closer to customers


Taking the lead


Local approach puts Coca-Cola on fast track


BO tailored to cater for vast Chinese market


IN BRIEF (Page: 14, Date: 11/09/2001)


Soft landing in China


Bill Gates at ease with admiration, hostility Soft landing in China


IN BRIEF


Delphi still confident despite slowing market


Intel innovates technology to pursue rebound


Better management


Dow Corning confident in China


HSBC chief proud of prompt move to Pudong


Pudong continues to fly higher


Chia Tai rewards country with capital


Frequent flyers benefit


Beer's changing place in China


Credit for Anting Town


Venture capital feeds start-ups with advice


Obnoxious intrusions


Price cut causes no havoc


Express supervision


New rules for toy makers


Boob tube takes on new image


Foreign trade boost


Passenger boats sail into sunset


Luxury goods more affordable to public


No more precious metal


Model port for customs


US real estate firm hungry for profits


Housing policy bridges gaps between classes


Diamond loses its lustre


New tariffs


More firms may be granted exports licences to stimulate growth


ERP helps companies know themselves better


Decade of hard work ahead


Steel alliance


Old brand, new flavour


Success without financial support


High-income buyers scoop up top brands


Telecoms due for a shake-up


Firm measures


Credit rating makes the man seeking loans


Innovation with new drugs vital as WTO looms


Franchises a convenient way to success


Property online..


Instant payback of visual kind


Ban on pawnshop stocks


Finished flats for a quieter life


Property accounts have supporters but drawing little interest


MBA seminar


Debit cards


CDMA network


3-G Santana


Auto e-marketing


Domestics steal show


Trust firms battle to regain business confidence


CeBIT exhibit


Databank centre in Pudong


Kodak-Seagull link


Forex trade brisk


Local auto designers face uneasy prospects


How Gene is my Valley remains to be seen


Investors tread lightly on media's pathway


Encouraging phenomenon


Petroleum meeting


Shipping company


BASF expansion


Clean water pipes


Info exhibition


Nasdaq office


Winding path through bureaucratic maze


Vicious circle exists for listers


Composite paper


Info platform


New flight


Swedbank office


Philips plant


Strategic alliance


Textile show


Wireless e-mail


AT&S plant


Data centre


Export containers


Express mail


Lab for new drugs


Delisting spurs losers to get it right


Foreign venture capital market still 3-5 years away


Homes opening to everybody


New hotel boss


Express shipping


Huge freighters


Nanometre