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Famous surfers

Hangzhou
2011-9-9

EIGHT famous international surfers including Mary Osborne will compete on the Qiantang River next Wednesday. It will be part of the weeklong 2011 Surfing China Carnival starting from Sunday. On Sunday and Monday,...

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Moonlighters catch lunar fever in time for festival

Hangzhou
2011-9-8

THE Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on next Monday this year, makes for a welcome three-day vacation. And for most Chinese, appreciating the moon is a nice tradition at this time of year. In Hangzhou, there...

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Hoping to fix a dying trade

Hangzhou
2011-9-7

REPAIRMEN figure their trade is slowly becoming extinct as people nowadays have higher incomes and prefer to simply replace broken items. Shi Xiaohan reports. A person who identifies himself online as Layang Yinqiang,...

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Chinese teacher in India swamped by questions

Hangzhou
2011-9-6

HANGZHOU college student Zhang Danjie spent his summer vacation teaching English at a Montessori School in the suburbs of Chennai in India, and now that he's back home his homework is answering students questions...

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Boldly going in new directions

Hangzhou
2011-9-5

ARTIST Hua Jun has gained fame for his willingness to experiment with calligraphy and traditional ink-wash paintings. He says studying in Sweden made him realize Chinese art was his destiny, but that it was also good...

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Weather network

Hangzhou
2011-9-2

HANGZHOU has set up a weather monitoring network to cover the West Lake area. The system that monitors wind, rain, temperature, humidity and soil is the first in China to focus solely on a tourist attraction. ...

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Ancient tradition

Hangzhou
2011-9-2

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Working hard to attract returning overseas Chinese

Hangzhou
2011-9-1

HANGZHOU has been designated by the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese as a national model city for luring returned overseas Chinese entrepreneurs. With incentives from the government, affluent capital...

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University student makes friends on hitchhiking trip

Hangzhou
2011-8-31

INSPIRED by a documentary of hitchhikers, sophomore Zhao Jiangfan of Hangzhou Dianzi University thumbed vehicles from Hangzhou all the way to Tianjin in north China, without spending a penny on transportation. Ten...

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Trying to preserve a range of skills

Hangzhou
2011-8-30

DECADES ago when there was no gas burner or microwave ovens, plasterer Chen Gengyin was the busiest person in his village as almost everyday he got an order to build a cook stove, or zaotou. In old China, a cook...

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Creativity sparks big turnaround

Hangzhou
2011-8-29

AS one of the pillars of Hangzhou's economy, creative industries are breathing new life into many of the city's deserted buildings, turning old factories into bastions of creativity and innovation. The revamped...

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Subway extension

Hangzhou
2011-8-26

CONSTRUCTION on the northwestern extension of Metro Line 2 will start early next month. The 12.5-kilometer-long extension from Fengtan Road to Qingchun Plaza will have 11 stations and will be completed in 2016, according...

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Loans to students

Hangzhou
2011-8-26

HANGZHOU has offered loans totaling 620 million yuan (US$95 million) in the past three years to help college students start their own businesses as part of efforts to boost youth employment. The city offered the...

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Tourism revenue

Hangzhou
2011-8-26

TOURISM revenue for the first half of the year surged 21.2 percent year on year in Hangzhou, Vice Mayor Zhang Jianting said. Revenue figures touched 54.7 billion yuan (US$8.5 billion) over the first six months....

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Tea expo

Hangzhou
2011-8-26

HANGZHOU, home of the famed Longjing green tea, will host the 2011 International Tea Culture Expo from October 21 to 23. The event will include a large forum. Tea companies from China as well as foreign guests...