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Love grows in farmers' fields

District | Chongming
2011-8-8

A program to hire college graduates to work as village officials in Chongming County has taken an unexpected twist as several romances have sprouted, leading to some rural weddings. For many people, the decision...

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Handwoven cloth makes a comeback

District | Chongming
2011-8-8

CHONGMING County is taking traditional handwoven cloth and adding new fashionable elements to revive the skill and turn it into a way for more locals to earn a living. Traditional handwoven cloth in Chongming County,...

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Clutching at straws to recycle

District | Chongming
2011-6-27

TONS of straw from farmers' fields go up in polluting smoke every year on Chongming Island, and one retired school teacher is turning it into tons of charcoal briquettes. Fei Lai lights the fire. Chongming County...

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Four villages hoping to be favorites

District | Chongming
2011-6-27

FOUR local villages are vying with others from across the city in an online popularity contest. From rural retreats to sporting pursuits, Victoria Fei takes a look at what the Chongming contenders have to offer. ...

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Cyclists pushed to their limits

District | Chongming
2011-5-16

THE Tour of Chongming is a stiff test for international cyclists as they battled rain, wind and the blazing hot sun, along with their fierce rivals, over three stages. But Chinese cyclist Huang Li says its all part...

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Bike carnival to celebrate healthy life

District | Chongming
2011-4-11

SCENIC and green Chongming will host a five-day carnival starting May 11 to celebrate bicycling and the rural attractions of the peaceful island. Fei Lai pedals. There's no better place in Shanghai than Chongming...

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Migrant birds at Dongtan

District | Chongming
2011-2-14

THE unique location has turned the reserve into a "living" natural environment. Ma is happy that it is "young and growing," which is rare for a location like this. Since the reserve is situated on the very east...

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The ideal winter getaway for travelers of the winged variety

District | Chongming
2011-2-14

WHEN winter falls, thousands of migratory birds flock south to spend the season in warmer climes, and a wetland reclamation project on Chongming Island has created a perfect stopping place for many of them. Fei Lai...

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No more slow boat to China

District | Chongming
2009-11-10

THE new Yangtze River Tunnel-Bridge Expressway puts Chongming Island at our door and opens up unprecedented development opportunities. Victoria Fei pays the toll. For more than 1,300 years people have been taking ferries...

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Peeling off to pick oranges in charming Chongming

District | Chongming
2009-11-10

CHONGMING County's first Mandarin Orange Festival offers plump juicy fruit that visitors can pick - and the new tunnel-bridge expressway makes it easier than ever to get to the scenic islands. Fei Lai picks. Any...

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Tourism fest features fighting crickets to hairy crabs - and more

District | Chongming
2009-9-21

THE blue-black sky over Chongming Dongping National Forest Park was spangled with multicolored fireworks and the air was filled with classical music and Chinese folk songs. That marked the start of the Chongming...

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Saving one-man puppetry, oven painting and pipa tunes

District | Chongming
2009-7-25

CHONGMING is trying to preserve the island's intangible folk heritage and pass on the skills of one-man puppetry, clay oven decoration and distinctive pipa melodies. Fei Lai reports. Chongming Island is famous...

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Bounty of Chongming Island -- white spirit, hairy crab, sugar sorghum and more

District | Chongming
2009-3-21

SHANGHAI shoppers can sample the famed white spirits and organic bounty of Chongming Island from April 10-16 in 50 supermarkets, malls and large wet markets downtown, writes Fei Lai Chongming County is famous for...

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Bridges over Chongming

District | Chongming
2009-1-17

CHONGMING County is in a race against time to repair or reconstruct bridges now deemed dangerous as they were built decades ago. Nie Xin reports Chongming County is a place of rivers and boats. There are about 30...

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Juice maker steps in to help stricken Mandarin farmers

District | Chongming
2008-12-20

SALES crisis from "maggot" plague in southern Chinese regions ruins promising harvest, but respite has been found in the development of a citrus by-product The Mandarin orange harvest in Chongming County this year...