THE
Sunday brunch at Bar Rouge is called "Bed & Breakfast," where the long,
wide red sofa could pass for a bed upon which diners may lie and enjoy
a relaxing French meal.
CHEF
Alfred Spieler at Raphael's restaurant has created a new spring menu of
light Italian and Mediterranean food based on seafood and vegetables.
Focus
Graphic
proof of change
WHO has the best
understanding of Pudong's transportation and geography? Who best
knows how Pudong has changed year by year during the past decade?
Urban
miracle
OUTSIDE
the window are the futuristic shapes of Pudong's skyline. Fifteen
years ago, these ultramodern glass and steel superstructures reaching
for the sky were only vague dreams for Wang Yagu. Now they are real
scenes visible through his office windows.
East
bank rising
LIKE many other cities in China, Shanghai is divided into two parts
by a river. Pudong (East of the Huangpu River) and Puxi (West of
the Huangpu River), often mistakenly imagined almost to be different
cities by tourists - and at times even by local people.
Pudong
Graphic
proof of change
WHO has the best
understanding of Pudong's transportation and geography? Who best
knows how Pudong has changed year by year during the past decade?
Urban
miracle
OUTSIDE
the window are the futuristic shapes of Pudong's skyline. Fifteen
years ago, these ultramodern glass and steel superstructures reaching
for the sky were only vague dreams for Wang Yagu. Now they are real
scenes visible through his office windows.
History
of a `new area'
FOR
many years, Hu Wei recalled, the highest building in Pudong was
a fire station tower of something over 20 metres in height. This
situation lasted from the early days after the founding of the People's
Republic of China in 1949 until the 1980s, said Hu, at the 20th
anniversary celebrations of the Management School of Fudan University.
East
bank rising
LIKE many other cities in China, Shanghai is divided into two parts
by a river. Pudong (East of the Huangpu River) and Puxi (West of
the Huangpu River), often mistakenly imagined almost to be different
cities by tourists - and at times even by local people.
Pudong
opening turns dream into reality
From
1989 to the early 1990s, China was undergoing transformation from
the centrally planned system to the market economy. The disintegration
of the former Soviet Union and the 1989 political storm in China
led many people to doubt the country's course - could China's reforms
go into reverse? Could they endanger socialism?
Golden week
Seven
year itch
WITH
China's seven-day Labour Day and the National Day holidays now entering
their seventh year, the possibility of cancelling the holidays,
usually called "Golden Week" has become a widely discussed topic.
World news
Former
foes' 'Momentous shift
NEW
DELHI - It was billed as an informal visit to watch a cricket match,
but Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's trip to India this week
may go down in history as a major step towards peace in troubled
South Asia.
Cardinals
elect conservative German as new pope
VATICAN
CITY - Roman Catholic Cardinals have elected arch-conservative German
cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as pope, choosing a shy, elderly theologian
to defend the stern legacy of his charismatic predecessor, John
Paul II.
Profile
Clearly
intoxicating
FOR
most people, cocktail parties are infrequent affairs, requiring
weeks of outfit-planning, providing an often rare chance to dress
up glamorously and enabling them to try drinks they would not normally
think about. For Jeffrey Yu, however, glamorous parties and exquisite
cocktails are often all in a day's work.
Feature
Victims
of urbanization
AS
the mother of three children, Trudy Maria Tertilt is very interested
in the space allotted to children's activities in cities. The German
architect and environmental expert is eminently qualified to speak
on the problem.
Virtual
hotelier
AT
first glance, after sitting yourself down on the plush couch, the
lobby looks like any other you would find in a decent hotel chain.
Pole
dancing - the new fad for Britons
SILVER
disco balls spin red lip-shaped lights around the room and Britney
Spears' "Oops I did it again" blares as Debbie gives herself a cheeky
slap on the left buttock.
Culture
Troubles
at home
``IT
all started when I looked down from the window of the plane taking
me back home to Beijing," said Christina Zhao who recently returned
to China after one year's study in the UK. Tips
for dealing with reverse culture shock
The
meal from hell
THE
moment I stepped into the Ten-Joy restaurant, I wanted to leave.
My friend and I were handcuffed by a waitress dressed in pink leather
skirts like a cute detective in a Japanese cartoon. She opened a
gate leading to a small room and asked us to walk into it unescorted,
passing a hanging bridge under dark lights.
Opinion
Reconcile
ideals with reality
The
Beijing-based China Youth Daily reported in its April 4 edition
a survey of more than 1,300 primary and middle school students conducted
by media in the northwestern city of Urumqi, showing that 53 per
cent of respondents said they most want to be private enterprise
bosses and entrepreneurs when they grow up, and only 10 per cent
of the students said they want to be "workers". The reason the students
cited was that bosses have high salaries which allow them to live
a comfortable, high-quality life, and they have much "face" in the
eyes of others. By contrast, for blue-collar workers, work is dirty,
tiring, and not very well-paid, and they are looked down upon as
lesser people.
Why
we say `no' to Japan
Last
Saturday, anti-Japanese demonstrations occurred in Shanghai, a city,
as many people know, that probably hosts the largest population
of Japanese expatriates in China with much less hostile sentiment
than other Chinese cities. Reports about this event immediately
topped the news sections of websites of major Western media, with
such titles as "Violence flares as the Chinese rage at Japan" and
so on. As a peace lover and independent thinker, I certainly oppose
violence in any form taking place anywhere at anytime and naturally
restrain myself from taking part in any mass movement, but I hope
the Western media will report Sino-Japanese ties comprehensively
and put the emphasis on solutions.
Opinion
