A New intercontinental shipping service, launched by DHL Global Forwarding and Xi’an International that can speed container freight between Hamburg and Xi’an in 12 days or less, is a less...

786 Ships, 4.1 million Standard Containers per year … these are the statistics that make Maersk the world’s largest container shipping firm. The Danish company accounts for one fifth of...

China is ready to strengthen communication and coordination with South Korea and push forward the docking of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) with South Korea’s development strategies, visiting Chinese...

The Belt & Road Initiative has come to Turkey and Greece while the U.S. cannibalises the system that made it great. A hundred years from now, Donald Trump’s looming impeachment...

Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea (ROK), hailed China’s important role in regional stability, security and development, vowing to deepen cooperation with China in areas such as Regional...

China’s surge to economic superpower status in recent decades has been well received by its trading partners, but Pew research released Thursday indicates global opinion is divided on what its...

The “Indonesian Derivatives Going International Market” forum was held in the capital city of Jakarta on Thursday, with participants expressing optimism about the potential of the Indonesian derivative commodity market....

Starting December 27 this year, Hainan Airlines will launch a new non-stop service linking Chongqing and Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The airline will fly this route twice a week...

Eight Myanmar Children suffering from congenital heart disease will receive free treatment in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The Children have arrived at Fuwai Yunnan Cardiovascular Hospital (FYCH)...

A Bright Shared Future – Stories along the Belt & Road, the first volume of a book series on moving stories related to the Belt & Road Initiative, was recently...

Shanghai will continue to strengthen health checks on new arrivals as the novel coronavirus epidemic spreads to many countries around the globe.

SHANGHAI is to increase support for small and medium-scale cultural industry companies, including cinemas and travel agencies, in preparation for a quick market recovery when the novel coronavirus epidemic

SHANGHAI is looking for people who may have had close contact with a new coronavirus patient, the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. The patient was confirmed as...

SOME train services in the Yangtze River Delta region have resumed operation, rail authorities announced yesterday. These include high-speed trains between Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Nanjing

Because of the coronavirus epidemic, most of Shanghai’s hair salons and stylists has been closed and it forces many local residents to make do with unkempt looks.

Planting greenery at home and sharing seeds with neighbors has become popular among some locals looking to relieve depression amid the coronavirus epidemic.

One new coronavirus case was reported in Shanghai during the 12 hours to midday yesterday and seven patients were discharged upon recovery, including one who had been in critical condition.

SHANGHAI Customs and postal authorities worked together to get parcels stuck at airports in South Korea due to the novel coronavirus outbreak via a new route, Customs said yesterday. A...

IF a Metro train is “too full,” stations will stop passengers from entering to control density in the stations and carriages, the Shanghai government said yesterday. During rush hours on...

Rena Du, mother of a first grader in Minhang District, turned on the TV at 8:30am yesterday for her daughter Grace, not to let her watch cartoons, but to have...

THE North Bund waterfront along the Huangpu River will become a world-class riverside ecological space featuring international communities, pedestrian zones and preserved historic buildings. Shanghai’s

Gong Yabin, the deputy director of the No. 1 cancer department at Shanghai Yueyang Hospital of the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, has been sent to the newly-built Leishenshan...

Zheng Lijuan, Party secretary of the Xiziwan residential community in Songjiang District, has not taken a single day off in nearly three weeks due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Medical staff from Renji Hospital sent to support Wuhan during the coronavirus epidemic opened 

Vehicular traffic during rush hour yesterday returned to 80 to 90 percent of normal levels, according to Shanghai traffic police.

A TRIAL class will be broadcast this morning to make sure that all local primary and secondary students can start online learning at home from March 2, the Shanghai Education...

There were no new cases of coronavirus infection in Shanghai in the past 12 hours as of midday yesterday, the Shanghai Health Commission said.

City police say that stories of a COVID-19 infection case in a downtown residential complex are a rumor.

A TOTAL of 66 pet shops, indoor farms and indoor animal display businesses inside Shanghai’s shopping malls have been closed since early this month to prevent the spread of the...

Another 22 coronavirus patients were discharged in the city yesterday, including three who had been in a serious condition.

OTT Airlines, a new Shanghai-based carrier, was launched yesterday mainly to operate China’s domestically developed passenger jets.

US President Donald Trump failed Tuesday to strike a trade deal with India at the end of a visit big on photo opportunities but short on substance and overshadowed by...

Disney CEO Bob Iger, who steered the company’s absorption of Star Wars, Pixar, Marvel and Fox’s entertainment businesses and the launch of a Netflix challenger, is stepping down immediately, the...

CHINESE authorities have rolled out multiple measures to help enterprises weather the storm as the country put on hold all public art, cultural and tourism activities due to the novel...

OVER two-thirds of Apple Inc’s retail stores have reopened on the Chinese mainland as economy activity gradually resumes. In total, 31 of 42 Apple stores had reopened by yesterday, said...

Digital services have been offered by domestic Internet companies and retailers amid the coronavirus outbreak to connect offline merchants with users.

Michelin stands together with China in the battle against the COVID-19 epidemic and will safeguard staff’s health as the company resumes work, said Kamran Vossoughi, president and chairman of Michelin

Despite the coronavirus epidemic, the Pudong New Area’s economy remains vital — highlighted by 21 new foreign business projects.

Nearly 1,000 Pudong-based industrial enterprises with an annual income of 20 million yuan (US$2.84 million) and above have resumed operations, accounting for 66 percent of total output, according to Guan

Huawei Technologies sold more than 10 million 5G smartphones in January, after selling 240 million units in 2019, making it the world’s second-largest smartphone vendor, the company said.Huawei also launched

Factories in Shanghai are returning to full production while guaranteeing the safety of employees amid the coronavirus epidemic.

Nearly 1,000 Pudong-based industrial enterprises with an annual income of 20 million yuan (US$2.84 million) and above have resumed operations, accounting for 66 percent of total output, according to Guan

Costco has been ordered to prevent large crowds forming at its Minhang store.

Shanghai has made it easier for businesses to access tax services during the coronavirus outbreak.

Shanghai will allow all enterprises to defer payments of housing provident fund for up to five months, which can help ease their cash flow pressure amid the coronavirus outbreak.

MOST foreign-funded enterprises in Shanghai are gradually resuming operations with the support of local authorities amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. According to recent monitoring data

OVER 70 percent of industrial and commercial companies above designated size have resumed operation in Shanghai, local authorities said yesterday. The work resumption standard is that the current electricity

CHINESE stocks rallied yesterday with a surge in technology and securities industries. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.84 percent to close at 3,030.15 points. The Shenzhen Component Index

Top losers in the Sensex pack included HCL Tech, HDFC Bank, TCS, M&M, IndusInd Bank, Sun Pharma, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries.

Head of continental body's Peace and Security Commission says the decision was taken at AU summit last month.

KULA LUMPUR: Malaysian lawmakers will meet on Monday to resolve the country’s political impasse after the king failed to find any candidate with a clear majority to become the next...

Local Tags: Online Edition Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has assumed duties as the New Leader of the House at his office in the Parliament. Monday, November 5, 2018 - 13:15

China, Japan and South Korea are at risk of a second wave of disruptions to their supply chains due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus epidemic, which risks already...

Local Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that a decision has been taken to cut down the fuel prices with effect from midnight today. He announced this addressing today’s parliament session.Accordingly,...

The letter to the communications ministry comes at a time when the company is confronted with AGR dues of over Rs 53,000 crore and has paid a mere 7 per...

Red pandas, the bushy-tailed and russet-furred bamboo-munchers that dwell in Asian high forests, are not a single species, according to the most comprehensive genetic study ...

Backtracking on its plan to introduce a uniform admission test at the public universities, the University Grants Commission has decided to follow “a cluster system” for admission tests this year.

Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow on Thursday threatened to take legal actions against MPs of the disbanded Future Forward Party (FFP) for making false accusations against him during...

University and high-school students stage pro-democracy flash rallies to express their frustration at what they perceive as inequality and injustice.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there was no need for separating groups in class nine as all students could take up same subjects up to SSC level.

An EU summit called to set the bloc's next seven-year budget ended in impasse late Friday, riven by competing groups among the 27 member states and pressure to fill a...

(ATTN: UPDATES last para with latest figures)By Lee Minji SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Delivery workers on Thursday called for heightened safety measures as demand for online shipping and food...

Coronavirus spreading to more countries around the world, with Estonia, Denmark and Georgia confirming first cases.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 after several weeks of hospitalization, Egypt’s state television reported Tuesday.Mubarak was toppled in a popular uprising in Egypt...

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened at 71.76 to the US dollar. During the day, the local unit saw a high of 71.59 and a low...

Political -Time: 10:02 A new Cabinet consisting of a total of 29 ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, a short while ago. New Cabinet: ...

India yesterday decided to lift the ban on onion export to protect the interests of its farmers as prices in the domestic market are expected to fall sharply thanks to...

Tension continued to simmer in and around northeast Delhi for the fourth consecutive day despite calls for calm as the death toll in the clashes over a controversial citizenship law...

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- The license bidding for duty-free stores at Incheon International Airport fell through due to a lack of tenders, the airport operator said Thursday. The biddings...

World Tags: Notre-Dame Cathedral Paris Christmas Mass April's fire. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will not hold a Christmas Mass for the first time in more than 200 years, as repair...

The number of new infections inside China of the virus that causes COVID-19 was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday, ...

Afghanistan’s election body declared Ashraf Ghani the winner of the 2019 presidential poll on Tuesday, almost five months after voting took place.Dr Abdullah Abdullah was the runner up, the Independent...