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No need for panic in Shanghai
Mar 16, 2011
Shanghai residents have been urged not to overreact after rumors that radiation leaking from Japan's nuclear reactors was affecting the city. A city governm...
More set to qualify for budget housing
Mar 3, 2011
More residents will soon qualify for the city's budget home program, after the government raised the minimum threshold for applicants. Under the new rating,...
Minimum wages set to increase
Mar 3, 2011
Shanghai is to raise the minimum monthly wage by 14 percent to 1,280 yuan (US$195) from April 1, the city government said yesterday. At the same time, the m...
Shanghai details housing restrictions
Feb 2, 2011
Buyers of second homes who apply to Shanghai's public housing fund will need to put down 60 percent of the price, up from 50 percent, the city government ann...
New Year reception for journalists
Jan 28, 2011
More than 120 Chinese and foreign journalists and government officials attended the 2011 Chinese New Year Celebration Party for the Press at the Waldorf Asto...
Shanghai leads the way with property tax trial
Jan 28, 2011
A property tax will be imposed on residential properties purchased from today by local families who already have one or more homes, the Shanghai government a...
City's economy grows, and slows
Jan 26, 2011
Shanghai's economy grew 9.9 percent last year, up from 2009's 8.2 percent and well above the 8 percent target. However, it slowed quarter by quarter, indicat...