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LUXURY hotel guests say they are relatively satisfied with the service provided by Shanghai`s luxury hotels, but they expect better food, a survey shows. The overall satisfaction index was 79.76 in the survey taken by the Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. The ...
THE unveiling of one of Egypt`s eight national treasures at Expo - a large statue of the Pharaoh Amenhotep IV - was a highlight of the country`s official pavilion opening last night. The ceremony was also to involve unveiling of the Mask of Sheshonq II, completing the full set of ...
THE Mexican rock band Cafe Tacuba, winner of Grammy and Latin Grammy awards, will perform tomorrow and Friday at Exposition Square at the Puxi World Expo site. Another band from Mexico, Positron, will display a combination of classical instruments and visual arts at the square ...
THE World Expo will boost the concept of ecology and environmental protection and stimulate scientific research and technology development, officials from Shanghai Science and Technology Commission said yesterday. And they said the green and cutting-edge technologies used or ...
TICKETS for 2010 World Expo are now available in local supermarkets, convenience stores and train ticket offices to meet huge demand, organizers announced today. Outside the Expo site, visitor can buy both standard and special tickets in Lianhua and Hualian supermarkets, and in ...
TIANJIN began its week-long culture show at the World Expo 2010 yesterday with a display of many of its folk arts at the Baosteel Stage in Zone B of the Pudong site. Activities included painting Yangliuqing New Year pictures and making Clay Figurine Zhang, two of the more than ...
THE highest level of the world road race cycling event - the International Cycling Union Women`s Road World Cup was help on May 9 in Chongming Island. The cyclists for the first time rode on the magnificent Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge. The entire race covered 138.6 km in ...
A ROBOT that can act on people`s thoughts and dogs that help disabled people will feature at the Life and Sunshine Pavilion from today, the first day of its pavilion week. The Life and Sunshine Pavilion is the first pavilion especially designed for disadvantaged people during the ...
THE Expo 2010 organizer today opened 10 workshops at the Baosteel Stage in Zone B of Pudong site where artists from Chinese provinces would perform and teach visitors traditional skills, including China`s tea ceremonies, Chinese operas and ceramics making. Chinese mainland`s 31 ...
THE World Expo boosted tourism in the city with more than 4.2 million tourists arriving in Shanghai over the May Day holiday period (April 30 to May 4), nearly 25 percent more than the same period last year, local tourism authorities said yesterday. But there was also an increase ...
BEIJING today began its week-long culture show at the World Expo 2010 by displaying many of its special folk arts at the Baosteel Stage in Zone B of Pudong site, including artists making figures that can play Peking Opera automatically on a gong. The capital city also opened a ...
THE design of the Switzerland Pavilion aims to convey the message that cities are linked to nature and people should be able to travel from cities to nature easily, says Buchner Brundler, one of the pavilion`s chief designers. Popular attractions in the pavilion include a 10...
DENMARK celebrates its National Pavilion Day today with music, song and dance. With a theme of "Welfairytales" - combining welfare and fairy tales - stories about modern Denmark feature efforts to create sustainable urban development and welfare solutions. Zone C showcases a ...
WORLD Expo corporate pavilions are showing how technology can make life cool, green and fun. Visitors to Zone D can experience golden toilets, cooking robots, a 720-degree surround-sphere film, 4-D films and the world`s biggest LED (light-emitting diode) light show. You can get ...
METRO Line 10 will extend its service hours starting on Saturday. The line will be open daily from 5:30am to 7:30pm from Saturday, while the current service is from 9am to 4pm. Metro officials said service would be extended further in the future. Most subway lines remain open ...
JUMEIRAH Group, the Dubai-based luxury hospitality company and member of Dubai Holding, has signed an agreement with Shanghai Zendai Himalayas Real Estate Co. Ltd to manage VENU HIMALAYAS Hotel Shanghai. The new contemporary lifestyle hotel in the heart of Pudong district of ...
THE 10 "Expo pandas" on a one-year loan from Sichuan Province to thrill World Expo visitors, will move to Shanghai Wildlife Park on Monday after passing their last physical check in good health at Shanghai Zoo yesterday. The pandas will start moving to the park on Monday night. ...
THE railway, with a top speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will start operation from July 1, connecting the city to Nanjing in 73 minutes. The tickets start to be saled on Jun. 25. Standard tickets for the highly anticipated Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed rail line have been priced ...
A WATERFRONT park neighboring the World Expo site in downtown Luwan District opened to the public yesterday. The green area is in the heart of a high-end riverside central business district which is expected to be completed in 2015. The project is being built on the former site ...
ALTM (Asia Luxury Travel Market), the "by invitation only" exclusive event for planners and designers of luxury travel experiences, closed today in Shanghai, with exhibitors and suppliers conducting some 16,000 business appointments during the event. Acclaimed as the region`s ...
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beautiful of Lhasa
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Qianye Meadow – Brief Introduction Qianye Meadow located along the Fangdou ...
Yuexiu Park
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Yuexiu Park is the largest park in downtown Guangzhou. Covering an area of 860...