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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Shanghai’s sky-high priced luxurious house unveiled
Tomson Group has built a top luxurious housing block in Pudong, Shanghai. Tomson cooperated with Versace Home to built a luxurious show house of more than 900 square meters, with the name "Versace Home at Tomson Riviera" [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Consumer spending helps boost Shanghai’s growth
Shanghai's economy made further progress last month as a result of continued strong growth in local consumer spending and investment, while exports also improved to help strengthen a growing recovery [...]
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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Smart future showcased at Shanghai World Expo
With heavy coverage from newspapers and television, you may have become quite familiar with the theme of the Shanghai World Expo - "Better City, Better Life."[...]
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China Approves Disney Theme Park in Shanghai
After a courtship of about 20 years, the Walt Disney Company has won approval from the central government of China to build a Disneyland-style theme park in Shanghai, Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, said recently [...]
Posted in China, consumer behavior, economics Also tagged Anaheim, California, Chinese Government, Disney, Disneyland Park, entertainment, Florida, japan, Magic Kingdom, Paris, real estate, Shanghai, Tokyo, tourism, United States, USD, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney World Resort 1 Comment
Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Shanghai is the world’s 4th tallest city
Shanghai made it to 4th place in Forbes' list of the world's tallest cities with a total of 21 towers climbing over 700 feet. The current tallest is the Shanghai World Financial Center, at 1,614 feet, but it'll be surpassed by the Shanghai Tower, which is expected to be completed in 2014 and reach heights of 2,000 feet. It was beat out by Dubai, Hong Kong and, at number one, New York City [...]
Posted in China Also tagged architect, architecture, Chicago, Engineering & Construction, Forbes, Hong Kong, New York, New York City, oil, People's Republic of China, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei, taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Urban Planning 1 Comment
Internet in China: super-fast connections in Shanghai by 2009
Internet 50 or 100 times faster than current speeds will be available in Shanghai in 2009 and cover 10 million families nationwide by 2010, government officials said recently. The technology, called 3TNET, will be available in the Yangtze River Delta region soon. Previously, thousands of families tested it in Shanghai's Changning District and Pudong New Area, said the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the local government [...]
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Living in China: Shanghai jobs jump by 20 percent
A total of 281,000 jobs were created in Shanghai in the second quarter of 2008, while the number of job hunters reached 299,000, a report released recently shows. The jobs were provided by 22,000 companies, according to the analysis of the city's human resources by the Shanghai Labor and Social Security Bureau. Compared with the same period last year, job supply has increased 20.7 percent, the report said...
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Design in China: first Chinese digital publishing base opened in Shanghai
China's first national digital publishing base opened in the Shanghai's Zhangjiang High-Tech Park recently. Since Zhangjiang has already attracted many digital and information technology companies, it was the ideal base to help foster development of the new industry in China, according to Jiao Yang, director of the Shanghai Press and Publication Bureau...
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Living in China: at the wake of Shanghai World Expo, lack of services in English still a challenge