China Travel Stories

Pudong sees the largest pearl market open

Date: 2008-11-5 20:07:00 by cactus Tags: Shanghai

Shanghai opened its largest pearl market in Pudong yesterday at a cost of more than 20 million yuan.

The 1,600-square-meter Yada Pearl Market at the Science and Technology Museum sells several thousand kinds of pearl provided by the pearl-raising farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, said Ding Meiming, manager of the Shanghai Yada Pearl Marketing Business Administration Company Ltd

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Shanghai Internationall Arts Festival kicks off

Date: 2008-10-20 1:39:00 by leomagic Tags: Shanghai Internationall Arts Festival

Dance drama "Peony Pavilion" is staged at the Shanghai Grand Theater Saturday night to kick off this year's Shanghai International Arts Festival. Adapted from the original 20-hour, 55- scene Kunqu Opera, the new dance drama is a Broadway-style version of "Cinderella" based on the convoluted classic of the same name from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The drama discards much o

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Shanghai Tourism Festival to Kick off at Sept. 13 until Oct. 6

Date: 2008-9-11 20:28:00 by coconut Tags: Shanghai

The annual Shanghai Tourism Festival will run from September 13 to October 6, the day before Chinese Mid-autumn Festival, according to the city's tourism officials.

Shanghai Tourism Festival is an important tourist festivity which is jointly sponsored by Shanghai Municipal People's Government Tourism Administrative Commission, Shanghai Mu

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