Liu Beibei, Han Ximin EIGHTY volunteers selected from more than 400 applicants for a charity teaching program in the earthquake-devastated Gansu Province left Shenzhen on Thursday. They will teach at Wenxian and Kangxian counties in Longnan City for a year. The program was launched jointly by two Shenzhen companies. CATIC gave 2 million yuan (US$) […]

    Chinese basketball player Yao Ming attends the flag-raising ceremony of the Chinese delegation at the Olympic Village, in Beijing, China, July 27, 2008. The Chinese delegation held the first flag-raising ceremony here on Sunday morning after the village officially opened to athletes.(Xinhua Photo/Li Gang)  

SEZ development satisfactory World famous Italian correspondent Oriana Fallaci asked Deng a question during an interview in the fall of 1980, when the China’s first SEZs sprang up to catch the attention of Western media. “Bringing foreign capital into China will inevitably give rise to private investment. Won’t this lead to miniaturized capitalism?” A confident […]

“Our problem is we have only two days to recover.” Russia completes last eight lineup  DATA： 2008-06-20 Russia’s Dutch head coach Guus Hiddink celebrates his side’s 2-0 win at the end of the group D match between Russia and Sweden in Innsbruck, Austria, on Wednesday. SD-Agencies   Angelos Haristeas, who scored the winner in the Euro […]

By Sportswriter Gao Peng Defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women’s 200m race on Thursday at the Beijing Olympics to complete a clean sweep of sprint gold medals for Jamaica. Campbell-Brown clocked a personal best time of 21.74 seconds, beating two-time world champion Allyson Felix of the United States into second place in 21.93. Jamaica […]

An artist paints in an alley. Most of these paintings are destined to be sold in big box stores, art galleries, and placed in hotels worldwide. Marked up astronomically, buyers are often unaware of their origins. Lucky for us living in Shenzhen, we can buy these works of art at wholesale prices in our own […]

MORE than 20 Shenzhen companies have provided products and services for the Beijing Olympic Games, beating many other international companies in the competitive bidding process. Their products and services include high technology equipment, technical support through to food, clothing and souvenirs. The huge light-emitting diode (LED) screen laid in the center of the Bird’s Nest […]

Wang Yuanyuan EXPATRIATES have been impressed with the Beijing Olympics, saying the high spirits shown by all Chinese had made it a fantastic national celebration. “Normally I don’t watch the Olympics that often, even when it was held in my home country,” American Jason Anderson, 37, said. “I didn’t plan to follow the Games every […]

    Two-time runner-up Andy Roddick faced Argentina’s Eduardo Schwank, making his Wimbledon debut. Nadal, Sharapova ease into next round  DATA： 2008-06-26 Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Stephanie Foretz of France during their match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on Tuesday.SD-Agencies In the day’s first major upset, fourth-seeded Davydenko was knocked […]

t SHENZHEN residents are being invited to voice their opinion on the intended locations of 30 book dispensers that are to be installed in October. Residents have until Sept. 15 to submit their comments. According to a report on www.sznews.com yesterday, Shenzhen Library is soliciting public opinion on the proposed locations of the book dispensers […]