Topic: Shanghai

Top galleries, list articles, quizzes

Blast-off: 6 recent missile advances

Missiles have been prominent in the news with India’s successful test, North Korea’s failed one, and much talk of missile defense systems in Europe and the Persian Gulf. Here are six recent noteworthy missile-technology advances.
'The Three Stooges': 5 other movies bringing back beloved stories

"The Three Stooges" hits theaters this Friday, and over the next year, everything from '70s TV shows to '90s hit comedies are coming to the multiplex.
China's rocky relationship with Hong Kong: 10 key moments

To help understand how China's relationship with Hong Kong has changed through its evolution from British rule to special administrative region, here are 10 key moments:
China's real estate bubble? Three reasons it's not.

Many analysts and market watchers, whose job it is to warn of impending real estate bubbles, have trained their sights on China. It's easy to see why. The economy has expanded an average 10 percent a year for the past 30 years, an incredible growth rate. Average housing prices tripled between 2005 to 2009 alone. But here are three reasons Chinese real estate has more room to run on the upside before the good times end:
In Pictures: China's growing garbage

All Content

Righting wrongs in China depends on rights

Dissident Chen Guangcheng is speaking out about the need for rule of law in China. But the party is slowly accepting individual rights. And studies show those few rights are yielding positive results.
Filipinos back government on China dispute, but want more diplomacy

While most Filipinos say that their government should not yield to to Chinese pressure in the South China Sea, others say that Manila could improve its diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue.
A Sense of Direction

This first-rate travel book is – like all the best travel books – most fascinating when it has the author at its center.
America's open door to Chinese activist Chen

America's tradition of openness led Chen Guangcheng to knock on its embassy door. Now that openness may allow him to study in the US. The strength of many a country lies in being open to people, ideas, and technology.
Chapter & Verse
How a murder changed China as it moved toward World War II

Paul French, author of 'Midnight in Peking,' tells how the murder of a British diplomat's teenage daughter shook both Chinese and foreigners in pre-war Peking.
Most of China's Communist Party princelings aren't like Bo Xilai

The Bo Xilai saga of power, wealth, corruption, and murder has brought the issue of China’s princelings (offspring of Communist Party’s leaders) to the top of international discourse on China. But Bo's privileged rise is not the norm for the contemporary Communist Party.
Keep Calm
Ritual Aggression: India and Pakistan's missile tests, following peace talks (+video)

Pakistan and India test ballistic missiles to demonstrate military might. But these tests have become separate from politics, in which both countries appear to be developing closer ties.
Blast-off: 6 recent missile advances

Missiles have been prominent in the news with India’s successful test, North Korea’s failed one, and much talk of missile defense systems in Europe and the Persian Gulf. Here are six recent noteworthy missile-technology advances.
Terrorism & Security
Beijing responds calmly to India missile test

The Chinese government has underscored its desire for cooperation with India, rather than an arms race.
Tax Day freebies: Get free Arby's, Cinnabon, and more

Tax Day freebies are being offered by several restaurant chains in honor of the April 17 filing deadline. Here is your comprehensive list of tax day freebies.
'Iron Man 3' to have Chinese story line

'Iron Man 3' will be filmed in China, with Chinese business partners, and a Chinese story line, says Disney. Iron Man 3 will star Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle.
'The Three Stooges': 5 other movies bringing back beloved stories

"The Three Stooges" hits theaters this Friday, and over the next year, everything from '70s TV shows to '90s hit comedies are coming to the multiplex.
China censors Bo Xilai debate, but Chinese work around it

In a sign of how sensitive the issue is for the ruling Communist Party, censors blocked online searches for the name of Bo Xilai, the former Chongqing party boss who fell from grace this year amid scandal.
Stock market set to open sharply lower

Stock market futures point to lower open in its first session after Friday's disappointing jobs report. Next worry for stock market: quarterly earnings.
Change Agent
A growing answer to rising seas: floating homes

Homes, hospitals, even prisons and golf courses may be built over the water as architects cope with rising sea levels that will affect coastal cities around the world.
Xi Jinping rise and Bo Xilai demise: China will move forward with reform, slowly

The dismissal of Bo Xilai, China's controversial Politburo member, shows that Xi Jinping, slated to be China's next president, and top Communist Party members will move forward with reform step by pragmatic step, not backward to Maoist nostalgia or cult-of-personality populism.
China's rocky relationship with Hong Kong: 10 key moments

To help understand how China's relationship with Hong Kong has changed through its evolution from British rule to special administrative region, here are 10 key moments:
Bo Xilai: a stunning and highly public fall from grace in China (+video)

Bo Xilai, a senior Communist Party official, was abruptly dismissed amid scandal, ending his ambition of a top post. His removal could complicate a key year of political transition in China.
Apple hits $500 billion marker

Apple's market worth reached $500 billion on Wednesday – but will it last?
Proview seeks global rights to iPad name, alleges fraud by Apple

It is unclear if Proview's latest legal maneuver is driven by the expectation of a favorable ruling by a Chinese court or by its desire to push Apple for an out-of-court settlement — an option Proview's lawyers have said would be possible.
Global News Blog
Jeremy Lin: China and Taiwan compete for claims to NBA star

Sure, Jeremy Lin was born in California and struggles to speak Mandarin, but China and Taiwan both see themselves in the Knicks basketball star.
Xi Jinping film deals: Search for a Walt Disney of China?

Vice President Xi Jinping announces two film deals that offer Hollywood more access to China and set up a Chinese joint venture with DreamWorks to boost China's push into animation.
Xi Jinping in California: a glimpse of what China really wants

Chinese president-in-waiting Xi Jinping will spend most of his two-day California trip highlighting the two things that, perhaps, the Chinese people admire most about the US: films and basketball.
Why Chinese workers are getting kidnapped abroad

Kidnapped Chinese workers were freed today in Egypt, but as more Chinese workers become easy targets abroad, citizens back home are calling for action.
Rise of the dragon: China isn't censoring the Internet. It's making it work.

Beijing recently strengthened Internet regulations, particularly on the popular microblogging site Weibo. Critics warn that more government monitoring and self-censorship by hosting companies further violates freedom of expression. The reality is far more complicated.