Shanghai Daily Hangzhou Special
To show the world a thriving and dynamic Hangzhou, on March 25, 2009, Shanghai Daily inaugurated its Hangzhou Special page in the capital of Zhejiang Province known as the "tourism heaven." The page is available to all Shanghai Daily readers Mondays through Fridays. The page aims at display Hangzhou's abundant tourism resources and sound investment environment with vivid pictures and stories in an all round way.
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XD cinema, 'samurai' securityand bubble festival
Apr 25, 2013
SECURITY guards at Peasant Paradise Theme Park are being transformed into "samurai," receptionists are "fairies," while cleaners will take on the guise of "witches." These strange goings-on are because the park...
City artists and designers shine at overseas shows
Apr 24, 2013 | Author: Xu Wenwen and Wu Huixin
HANGZHOU artists and designers are finding international acclaim with stunning modern work on show at a famous museum and events abroad.
Husband and wife artists, Xu Jiang, director of China Academy of Art in Hangzhou,...
Documentary film tugs at the heartstrings
Apr 23, 2013 | Author: Xu Wenwen
IN a remote village a woman in her 90s was abused by her son and daughter-in-law. The woman would look to the sky each day and ask, "Why I am still alive?"
The abuse of elderly people is so common in this village...
Road where rich history and the present meet
Apr 22, 2013 | Author: Wu Huixin
HANGZHOU'S Jinhua Road - named after a city in the center of Zhejiang Province - connects Dahu Road in the south and Quzhou Street in the north.
It is most famous for the Ideal Silian 166 Loft, a cultural and...
Good Samaritan cash
Apr 19, 2013
THE Hangzhou government has raised the top reward for Good Samaritans from 200,000 yuan (US$32,367) to 300,000 yuan, to encourage more people to help others.
The top sum goes to the families of those who lose their...
New bus route
Apr 19, 2013
A new shuttle bus route linking Xiasha, north of the Qiantang River, with the Xiaoshan International Airport south of the river will open on April 25.
The shuttle service will start at 7:15am from Metro Line...
Teacher hero
Apr 19, 2013
A teacher from Hangzhou Dongcheng Experimental School jumped into the West Lake on Sunday and saved a child from drowning.
Wang Weimin, a 37-year-old science teacher for seventh graders, was strolling in Taiziwan...
95,000 violations
Apr 19, 2013
BETWEEN the launch of Hangzhou's campaign against eight serious illegal traffic acts on March 7 and April 10, some 95,000 illegal acts were recorded, said police.
Nearly half of the offences took place on 10...
Heigh-Ho!
Apr 19, 2013
THE Ukraine Children's Ballet Troupe will present "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at Hangzhou Grand Theater on May 26.
Founded in 1957, the company has been acclaimed as one of the best children's ballet troupes...
Fair's veggie fare
Apr 19, 2013
THE 2013 Grand Canal Temple Fair in Hangzhou opens on April 28, running until May 4.
Highlights include a vegetarian diet exhibition and vegetarian cooking competition in Xiangji Temple; a delicacy fair on Dadou...
