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Shanghai Airlines to launch route between Shanghai, Bombay
2008-10-13Shanghai Airlines will launch twice-weekly flights between Shanghai and Bombay from Oct. 29. The airline will fly Boeing 767s on flight FM847, leaving Shanghai Pudong airport at 4:30 p.m. every Wedn...
Sichuan's capital of leisure
2008-09-27Known as the "capital of leisure", Chengdu has unique charms for both visitors and investors from home and abroad. To experience the leisure life in Chengdu, one can take part in the activities with s...
China Big Attraction for US – Poll
2008-09-24The Great Wall is the most recognized symbol of China among Americans, a survey released on Monday by US-based Perspective Resources Inc (PRI) has claimed.Entitled "A Study of American Perceptions of ...
More Tourists Expected in 1st Post-Olympic Holiday
2008-09-24More than 7 million tourists are expected to visit Beijing in the upcoming National Day holiday, the first "golden week" holiday after the Olympics and Paralympics. Ding Xiangyang, deputy mayor of Bei...
Olympic Sites, Quake Zone on Tourist List
2008-09-23Olympic city Beijing and earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan Province will be hot travel destinations during the week-long National Day holiday.At the same time, more than 5 million people are expect...
Waterfall Festival Promotes Folk Culture
2008-09-22The Huangguoshu Waterfall Festival kicked off near Huangguoshu, the largest waterfall in China, on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.Anshun, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province, hosts the festi...
Olympic Park to Open on September 29th
2008-09-19The Olympic Park, the main venue for both the Olympics and Paralympics, will open to the public on September 29th, Beijing Daily reported. The Beijing Municipal Transportation Administration Bureau r...
First Tibet Tourism and Gourmet Cultural Festival to start
2008-09-19Between September 30 and October 6, Lhasa will hold the first Tibet Tourism and Gourmet Cultural Festival. At this time, visitors from home and abroad will be able to taste the delicious snacks from a...
Beijing parks to cancel security check Sept. 21
2008-09-19Visitors to Beijing's 11 municipal parks won't have to go through security checks anymore after Sept. 20, Beijing Youth Daily quoted the city's park management as saying on Thursday. The checks were ...
Beijing bids goodbye to the Games
2008-09-18People may be forgiven for switching on their TV sets today to catch something on the Paralympic Games. Many are known to have done that the day after the Olympics ended to catch Olympic action. The ...
Ceramics exposition opens in Zibo
2008-09-17The eighth four-day China(Zibo) International Ceramics Exposition and World Ceramics Purchasing Fair kicked off yesterday in Zibo, east China's Shandong province. The show is expected to attract 4...
Famous Mountain City to open 1st subway line by 2011
2008-09-17Chongqing in southwest China will open its first subway line by 2011, local authorities said on Thursday. A 36.08 km line with 22 stops will be built in the downtown area of the mountainous municipal...
Beijing-Shanghai to see the world's fastest bullet train
2008-09-17China will produce the world's fastest bullet train for the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, a senior railway official has said. Zhang Shuguang, deputy chief engineer with the Ministry of Railway...
China's Golden Week Travel
2008-09-17Travel bookings for one of China's busiest holidays, the October 1 National Day Golden Week are gathering speed in Beijing. Overseas travel and vacation bookings began in early August and the first w...
Shanghai World Financial Center opens to travelers
2008-09-17On August 28, the China's highest multi-functional skyscraper, Shanghai World Financial Center was opened to the public. The 101-story building measures 492 meters high. It is equipped with advanced o...
Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway sparkles in first month
2008-09-05The self-developed Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway, the world's fastest, has been running soundly and efficiently since its August 1 debut, setting a model for the high-speed railway industry, the M...
Premier Wen lights Beijing Paralympic flame at Temple of Heaven
2008-08-29Chinese premier Wen Jiabao lit the Beijing Paralympic flame at the ancient Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off the torch relay across China before the 13th Paralympics opens on Septem...
Cupid's arrow hits Olympic archers
2008-08-28South Korea's top male and female archers capped gold medal performances at the Beijing Olympics by announcing wedding plans just as the games ended, an archery official said on Tuesday. Park Sung-hy...
Chinese see dramatic rise in quality of life: economist
2008-08-28The impact of China's economic reforms in the last three decades has been as awe-inspiring, if not more, than the country's growth rate during the period, according to a leading international economis...
Chinese, Russian presidents meet in Dushanbe
2008-08-28Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev met in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe Wednesday to discuss furthering bilateral relations. "I'm very glad to meet you again in j...
