A CHARACTER in “The Big Bang Theory,” Rajeesh Koothrappali, was so shy he was unable to speak in front of women unless he was intoxicated and many men in real life encounter the same problem every day. A Shenzhen man who had such a problem is trying to help others by offering a training program […]

Harald Obereder AUSTRIAN Harald Obereder has come to terms with a number of changes in his life two years after arriving in Shenzhen, but there is one thing he is reluctant to compromise on: finding a safe place outdoors to be alone. Head of research and development of an Austrian electronics company in Shenzhen, Obereder […]

A SHENZHEN computer memory chip maker has successfully defended court action filed by a U.S. company claiming its patents had been infringed. U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Judge Theodore Essex, in a preliminary ruling, said Shenzhen Ramaxel had not violated Tessera Technologies’ patent rights related to packaging for the chips to protect them from damage, […]

AS the eight-day National Day holiday approaches, outbound tours have become the first choice for Shenzhen residents. “More than 70 percent of the outbound tour groups had been booked by the end of August,” said a manager of Each Travel in Luohu District, surnamed Zhang. Zhang said prices for overseas tours had fallen by 10 […]

BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — China Vanke, the country’s largest listed real estate developer, said its August sales volume nationwide rose 18.3 percent from a year earlier to 4.82 billion yuan (705.6 million U.S. dollars), the smallest gain since March, reported Saturday’s China Daily. The combined sales volume of the Shenzhen-based developer increased 4.5 percent […]

A TOTAL of 18 firms with headquarters in Shenzhen found their names among China’s top 500 enterprises in 2009 released Saturday by the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) and China Enterprise Directors Association. The Shenzhen-based Ping An Insurance, one of the country’s most profitable life insurance companies, was placed at 38 on the list, the highest […]

AIR-RAID sirens will be tested throughout the city Monday morning. The sirens will sound from 11 to 11:15 a.m. simultaneously in all areas where air-raid sirens have been installed, a circular issued by the city government said. The test is to check the effectiveness of the warning sirens and to raise awareness of national defense, […]

THE number of Internet users in Shenzhen had reached 5.49 million by May 31, 1.01 million more than the figure recorded last year. The Internet penetration rate in the city was 62.3 percent, 2.4 times the national average of 25.5 percent, according to a report released by the Shenzhen Online Media Association on Wednesday. Most […]

A JAPANESE insurance company became the first foreign insurer to set up a headquarters in Shenzhen on Wednesday. The establishment of headquarters for the NIPPONKOA Insurance Co. (China) Ltd., Japan’s third oldest non-life insurance provider, was also a first for South China. The company was eligible for incentives totaling 8 million yuan (US$1.47 million) from […]

MANY of Shenzhen’s 20,000 taxi drivers had turned to gambling because of meager incomes and depression, according to an investigative report in yesterday’s Southern Metropolis Daily. Police raided an illegal gambling den for taxi drivers in Luohu District on Aug. 26 and arrested a dozen suspects. A day earlier, police released three taxi drivers who […]