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Shanghai housing prices up

[photopress:P976629396M.gif,full,alignright]Ehomeday.com reported a rise in Shanghai housing prices last month, especially in the downtown areas of Hongqiao, Luwan, Zhabei and Xuhui. The only downtown areas to experience a slight drop in prices were Jing’an and Changning. Source: Shanghai Daily

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Five into one will go

[photopress:chipsfab.jpg,full,alignright]In the United States big chip companies such as Intel and Texas Instruments dominate the established markets and designing chips with millions of transistors is getting harder and more expensive, requiring scores of engineers, a couple of years and $25 million to $50 million. As a result the United States isn’t landing all of the […]

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Class of 2007 visit Arizona

[photopress:WPCareybusiness.jpg,full,alignright]The W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is hosting 35 senior Chinese government officials and executives. They are part of the class of 2007 in the schools Shanghai MBA program and are spending five days visiting ASU and Valley business leaders. They then will visit New York before returning to China. The […]

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Plagiarised architecture?

[photopress:ThamesTown_1.jpg,full,alignright]The idea that a new residential district near Shanghai has been modelled on Lyme Regis raises some eyebrows. The first thought is: why would you bother? Thames Town is located beside the river banks of Songjiang. The development is a replica of a several English towns, with Georgian and Victorian-style terraces, a neo-Gothic church and […]

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Internet website raises health awareness

[photopress:MD002039.gif,full,alignright]China has set up an internet website providing advice and information on healthcare with live video links between doctors and internet users. The site http://www.cm800.com is sponsored by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association. Source: iResearch