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Models strut their stuff in global catwalk match 

District | Changning
2011-10-30

CHANGNING District is known for being cosmopolitan and welcoming and now it is making its name in fashion modeling. Forty top models from around China and 30 foreign models from top international agencies competed...

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London, Paris, New York, Milan ... Changning? 

District | Changning
2011-10-30

FASHION and creative industries will cluster around Donghua University in a strategic plan to build cosmopolitan Changning District into a fashion center and promote the Shanghai brand worldwide. Fei Lai reports. ...

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Fashioning success one stitch at a time 

District | Changning
2011-10-30

DONGHUA University boasts the most academic resources in fashion. It is exceptionally prominent in majors such as apparel engineering, art design and environment design. The university has a strong connection with...

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Onward and upward in Hongqiao 

District | Changning
2011-9-5

CHANGNING District has big plans for the Hongqiao and Gubei areas, adding new, upscale commercial and retail spaces that will compete with Shanghai's top spots. Fei Lai reports. The planned Hongqiao International...

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Actress brings opera to the masses 

District | Changning
2011-9-5

THE popularity of Kunqu Opera has faded over the past few decades, but one actress is trying to revive the art by hosting a carnival where people can try on costumes and learn how to perform, writes Victoria Fei. ...

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Minding the house and community 

District | Changning
2011-7-25

MANY Changning homemakers - don't call them mere housewives - consider themselves busy professionals, and they're the mainstay of families and pillars of the community. Fei Lai reports. Being a full-time housewife...

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Devoted doctor who makes house calls 

District | Changning
2011-7-25

IT is hard to imagine a Chinese doctor who makes house calls and goes door-to-door offering help. That sounds low status. Doctors work in hospitals where patients wait in line to see them and hang on their every word. ...

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Portrait of a cosmopolitan district 

District | Changning
2011-6-13

PROFESSIONAL photographers crisscross cosmopolitan Changing District to capture its scenery and its residents. An album of their works will present a portrait that is elegant, vital and relaxed. Victoria Fei puts it...

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'Child savers' help at-risk kids 

District | Changning
2011-6-13

CHILDREN and youths at risk of delinquency, crime and drug abuse - and those who just need a friend - are getting help through various organizations and volunteers in Changning District. Fei Lai takes a look. It...

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Local cartoon keeping kids in mind 

District | Changning
2011-4-25

WITH so many cartoons on Chinese television featuring violence and other adult themes, young audiences are at great risk of receiving the wrong messages. Fei Lai meets one talented animation entrepreneur going against...

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March of the volunteers 

District | Changning
2011-4-25

"NEW Shanghainese" are getting settled in Changning District with the help of volunteers, as a lot of volunteers are doing good deeds in the district, reports Victoria Fei. To 29-year-old computer science major...

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Hongqiao to get its own Fifth Avenue 

District | Changning
2011-3-14

INSPIRED by New York's famous thoroughfare, Linkong Economic Zone has plans for its own high-end shopping and culture destination. Victoria Fei reports. New York's Fifth Avenue is world renowned as a prestigious...

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Ink stone carvers and china fixers 

District | Changning
2011-3-14

CARVING ink stones and repairing old porcelain are rare skills these days but three masters are plying their arts in Changning District. Fei Lai visits their studios. Changning District is enhancing its cultural...

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Expats give back to the community 

District | Changning
2010-11-27

HUNDREDS of expatriates are volunteering in Changning District. They are involved in everything from teaching foreign languages and environmental work to legal aid and maintaining traffic order, writes Victoria Fei. ...

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Autumn flourish of culture, art 

District | Changning
2009-11-23

THE creative juices flowed for artists and audiences in Changning District when the annual Hongqiao art festival blitzed the area with stunning performances by foreign and Yangtze River Delta region artists. Fei Lai...