Shanghai

Shanghai World Financial Center, the world's third-tallest skyscraper due to open on Saturday, will have the world's fastest elevators, said its builder.

SHANGHAI college students may soon have easier access to condoms under a plan to promote safer sex across the city, but some experts worry that the effort might also promote increased sexual activity.

SHANGHAI'S first group of hybrid electric buses will hit the streets this year as part of the city's commitment to the development of "green" vehicles.

Olympic excitement did nothing to improve the mood of mainland investors yesterday. The Shanghai Composite Index plunged more than 5 percent after a sharp rise in producer price inflation renewed fears that rising prices will hamper economic growth.

SHANGHAI is taking the lead in making the families of Olympic competitors feel at home - right down to streamlining procedures so that pet cats and dogs can come too.

ALARMED by the rising number of scams targeting high school graduates and their parents, Shanghai police sounded a warning yesterday against fake admission information, the Youth Daily reported.

Years of negotiations between the Shanghai government and Walt Disney Co. appear to have clinched a deal for a huge Disneyland to be built in Pudong.

AN audio recording of a pilot who saw an unidentified flying object 17 years ago in Shanghai was revealed at the weekend.

FRANCE today officially unveiled its national pavilion for World Expo 2010 Shanghai -- the Sensual City -- as it signed a participation contract with Expo organizers.

Shares on the mainland fell for the eighth day in a row. Investment confidence was hit by renewed worries over inflation and the possibility that interest rates would rise.