Coach tickets during Dragon Boat Festival begins for sale
May 12, 2013 | Source: www.hangzhou.com.cn/Edited by Shanghai Daily
Residents from today can buy tickets for long-haul buses during Dragon Boat Festival holidays from June 9 to 12. The tickets will be sold five days in advance as usual from June 13. A total of 310,000 passengers...
Ma bows out with a song for China and his Alibaba friends
May 11, 2013 | Source: Others/Edited by Shanghai Daily
JACK Ma, founder of China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group and one of the country's most charismatic bosses, was in fine voice as he officially stepped down as chief executive officer yesterday in Hangzhou....
Metro Line 2 phase II revealed
May 10, 2013 | Source: www.hangzhou.com.cn/Edited by Shanghai Daily
The second phase of Metro Line 2 will total 12.8 kilometers with nine stations, according to a plan revealed by the Metro operator on its website, www.hzmetro.com. The extension is expected to go into operation in...
Man devotes 40 years to reviving lost art
May 10, 2013 | Source: Hangzhou Daily/Edited by Shanghai Daily
Ye Guozhen, an expert on guanyao, official kiln, of the Southern Song Dynasty, shows a reproduction of a guanyao celadon pot in his workshop in Xiaoshan yesterday. Porcelain originated in China and reached a peak during...
Robot attracts expo visitors
May 10, 2013 | Source: www.hangzhou.com.cn/Edited by Shanghai Daily
Visitors look at a cartoon-style robot at the China International Industrial Expo in Hangzhou yesterday. The three-day expo at the Hangzhou Peace International Convention & Exhibition Center attracted more than 200...
Family of three saved from West Lake
May 9, 2013 | Source: www.hangzhou.com.cn/Edited by Shanghai Daily
People pull a tourist out of water while a rescuer swims toward his mother and three-year-old son who fell into the West Lake while taking pictures on the edge of the lake yesterday. The man was charging his mobile...
Subway extension project gains speed
May 8, 2013 | Source: www.hangzhou.com.cn/Edited by Shanghai Daily
Construction has started on South Wenhai Road Station for an extension of Metro Line 1. Two other stations on the extension line are already under construction. The north-south extension runs 5.4 kilometers from South...
Rich get richer as economy slows
May 8, 2013 | Source: Others/Edited by Shanghai Daily
Beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou, 68, tops a ranking of the 500 richest people on the Chinese mainland this year - a list that records a huge increase in the wealth of billionaire entrepreneurs despite a perception that...
Alibaba's net income doubles
May 8, 2013 | Source: Others/Edited by Shanghai Daily
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, China's largest e-commerce company, saw profit that doubled in the three months ended in December after commissions may have increased. Net income at Hangzhou-based Alibaba jumped to US$642...
Cheerful class on World Smile Day
May 8, 2013 | Source: Hangzhou Daily/Edited by Shanghai Daily
Pupils at Chengnan Primary School in Lin'an practice smiling yesterday to mark the World Smile Day. The World Health Organization designated May 8 as World Smile Day in 1948. Chinese students are burdened with homework...
