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Helping hands and caring hearts make Pudong more than glitz 

District | Pudong
2011-10-16

THE Pudong New Area can be glitteringly impersonal - everyone seems to be rushing around, heedless of those around them - but the district has a huge roster of volunteers who slow down and help others. Tan Weiyun talks...

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Harnessing power to help people 

District | Pudong
2011-10-16

MORE and more nonprofit organizations or NPOs are getting registered in the Pudong New Area, where they fill a need for social services. A society unites, nurtures and coordinates them, reports Tan Weiyun. Nonprofit...

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Private group cheers migrants' kids 

District | Pudong
2011-10-16

ZHANG Yichao wants his children to sing and to sing out loud about good and happy things. His charges, from primary school students to high school teenagers, are all children of migrant workers who have a hard life...

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Songs document dockers' daily drudgery 

District | Pudong
2011-8-16

THE distinctive sounds of dockers' work songs once dominated Shanghai's port when boats were unloaded using manual labor. Tan Weiyun hears from a local troupe who continue to carry the tradition. Performers dressed...

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Elderly troupe triumph in Germany 

District | Pudong
2011-8-16

A group of retired Shanghai residents recently wowed the crowds at two folk art festivals in Germany. Tan Weiyun meets some of the performance troupe's sprightly members. For the elderly men and women in the Pudong...

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Engraver carves out a tiny kingdom 

District | Pudong
2011-7-5

A local craftsman has spent years turning raw materials into detailed creations using highly skilled carving methods. Tan Weiyun meets the engraver and some of his marvellous miniature works. With a tiny engraving...

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Elderly folk artists on route to Europe 

District | Pudong
2011-7-5

A FOLK art troupe made up of retirees and the elderly from the Pudong New Area's Tangqiao Community will today board a plane to Germany to take part in the 9th International Folklore Festival Lusatia 2011 and the...

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The color of money: Red, red, red 

District | Pudong
2011-7-5

TO finance the revolution and keep New China running, the Communist Party of China issued currency, stocks, bonds and ration coupons. Tan Weiyun visits an exhibition of "red money." An exhibition of "red" currency,...

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Grannies to show off zongzi skills Tan Weiyun 

District | Pudong
2011-5-30

AS the Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner, many locals will be busy cooking zongzi, a traditional dumpling eaten during the holiday. In celebration of the festival, Binjiang Forest Park will hold a...

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Lingang: City of the future 

District | Pudong
2011-5-30

SHANGHAI has big plans for Lingang New City, a satellite town along the coast. Its economy will be based on advanced manufacturing and new technologies. Chen Ye reports. The Pudong New Area government in Shanghai...

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Nature takes center stage 

District | Pudong
2011-5-30

BINJIANG Forest Park has more than 200,000 trees and shrubs and also features impressive views of the Huangpu and Yangtze rivers, writes Tan Weiyun. With views of the Yangtze River, protected marshlands, camphor...

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'Green granny' goes for it 

District | Pudong
2011-3-21

A 60-year-old retired school teacher turns her small apartment in Pudong into an environmentally friendly zone where she grows plants, recycles water and writes her "green granny" blog. Wing Tan pays a visit. It...

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Films in Braille and sign language 

District | Pudong
2011-3-21

PUDONG Library screens movies that people with hearing and visual impairments can enjoy. The month-long Festival of Barrier-free Movies which started two weeks ago is in full swing in the library, where people...

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Movies to really 'see' and 'hear' 

District | Pudong
2011-3-21

A seeing-impaired filmmaker is making "barrier-free" movies that people with sight and hearing disabilities can enjoy - from comedy romance to animation. Tan Weiyun reports. Jiang Hongyuan always wanted to make...

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Pudong's strawberry fields forever 

District | Pudong
2011-1-31

IN the dead of winter, perfect luscious strawberries are ready to be picked at Caolu Town where a strawberry festival is underway. Chen Ye says you won't find anything this good in a supermarket. In the dead of...