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Copper stockpiles monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell to a 4 month low while aluminum inventories rose for a second week.

Police in Shanghai are fighting to keep counterfeit iPhones off the streets just days before the upcoming release of the iPhone 5, according to local authorities. Five suspects have been apprehended for using recycled accessories to manufacture...

Sinohydro Corp, China’s largest builder of dams, has set the offering price range for a Shanghai initial public offering that could allow the company to raise up to Rmb14.4 billion ($2.3 billion). The maximum deal size has been reduced...

There are more than a billion people in China – making it just about the largest local market for anyone to break into if they want to seriously be a global player. We do know that the previous version of the iPhone did come about in a rather...

HIGH-SPEED trains running between Shanghai and Hangzhou, in neighboring Zhejiang Province, started running at slower speeds yesterday. The trains, previously topping out at 350 kilometers per hour are being held to 300km/h, railway authorities...

Velimir Stjepanovic, Dubai’s Olympic swimming hopeful, returned today from the World Championships in Shanghai with a clear plan for next year’s London Games. The 17-year-old Serbian is now going to focus on the 200 metre butterfly...

The national 4x100m freestyle relay team were hampered by a slow final leg as South Africa’s Fina World Championships campaign got under way in earnest in Shanghai, China on Sunday. The relay quartet finished sixth on the opening day of...

China head swimming coach Yao Zhengjie has downplayed his team’s chances of winning multiple golds for the home crowd at the world championships, saying his swimmers are concentrating on the 2012 London Olympic. “Of course we’re...

Hainan Airlines , partly owned by U.S. financier George Soros, aims to raise up to 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) via a private placement, the company said on Tuesday. Hainan Airlines will sell up to 1.247 billion shares at not lower than 6.42...

Like a main artery, the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway connects the heart of China with its vital areas. The 1,318-kilometer link, starting from Beijing and ending at Shanghai, chains together the country’ s prosperous Pan-Bohai and...