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Good heart comes before a house

District | Yangpu
2011-8-22

AN unusual match-making strategy brings together young professionals with good hearts for charity events and now 13 couples are going steady. Lots of people are chasing money and property for marriage these days....

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'Leftover' women face 'use-by' dates

District | Yangpu
2011-8-22

MARRIAGE is so important in China that women who are unmarried are often criticized and disparaged. One famous buzzword is shengnu, or "leftover women," meaning women who are older than 28 and still - gasp - unmarried....

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About the song in China's heart

District | Yangpu
2011-7-11

THE National Anthem Gallery in Yangpu District explains how the theme of a patriotic movie became the national anthem, "The March of the Volunteers." Victoria Fei reads the score. Chinese hearts swell with pride...

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Saving 'cotton fist' boxing

District | Yangpu
2011-7-11

MORALITY is considered essential to the practice of Chinese kung fu, and mian quan, literally cotton fist or continuous boxing, attaches exceptional importance to humility, respect and righteousness. At the Shanghai...

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Making sports a bigger part of life

District | Yangpu
2011-5-23

LIVING in a community where more than 30 percent of residents are seniors may not be as boring or old-fashioned as you think. To most people's surprise, it can be a community full of passion for sports and exercise. ...

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Trial project begins on garbage sorting

District | Yangpu
2011-5-23

WHEN it comes to garbage disposal, many locals do not separate their trash. But the situation is changing as many residents have realized the importance of garbage sorting. Domestic garbage can become a useful...

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Ready to lend a helping hand

District | Yangpu
2011-5-23

CHEN Si, a PhD candidate at Fudan's Journalism School, has helped arranged a visit last month by billionaire philanthropist Kenneth Behring, the founder of World Wheelchair Foundation, to Fudan University. Her...

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Daring tricks and marching bands abound

District | Yangpu
2011-3-28

THOUSANDS of people will descend on the district over the May Day holiday when two major events - one sporting, the other musical - take place in Yangpu. Fei Lai provides an idea of what to expect from both. For...

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The fashionable district

District | Yangpu
2011-3-28

WHEN an old factory building meets the fashion industry, it becomes the story of Shanghai Fashion Center, the emerging fashion hot spot in Shanghai. Located on Yangshupu Road in Yangpu District, it is a redevelopment...

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Another chapter in book boreowing

District | Yangpu
2011-2-28

VICTORIA Fei Chen Tianxiang loves reading and collecting books. The 22-year-old history major at Fudan University has now taken his hobby to a new level, opening the schools's first student-owned library. The...

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Drumming to beat the band

District | Yangpu
2011-2-28

A damp and shabby basement houses all the props for a piece of an intangible cultural heritage: drum and gong performances. Tang Zhankui, a drum and gong artist, stores many instruments, costumes and props and...

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Mobile library helps community

District | Yangpu
2011-2-28

QIU Songkang, director of Huangpu Library in Shanghai's Huangpu District, says the digital world is providing a strong challenge to traditional library services. "It's convenient to read online," Qiu says. "It's...

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Badge man on a mission for Expo pins

District | Yangpu
2011-1-24

VETERAN badge collector Sun Maoxing has accumulated more than 500 badges from the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and he tells Fei Lai that to get them he traded badges from the "cultural revolution." It's been already...

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'Crazed' collector amasses tickets

District | Yangpu
2011-1-24

A collector makes it his mission in life to gather every single distinctive ticket from the Shanghai World Expo. He tells Fei Lai that he's also into stamps, newspapers and pores over paper "garbage." There are...

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Outside world observes local art

District | Yangpu
2010-10-30

IN a break from their busy Expo schedules, a group of pavilion staff from various countries visited the Yangpu District to learn more about local art forms. Fei Lai was there to capture their reactions. It is really...