Shanghai, China News

When President Barack Obama lands Sunday night in China's largest city, Shanghai, he'll find many of its 20 million people intrigued by him and welcoming, but hardly deferential, and some openly skeptical of his promises of change.

In this file photo taken Jan. 12, 2004, Chen Liangyu , former secretary of Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party, looks on during the second session of 12th Shanghai People's Congress at Shanghai Expo Center in Shanghai, China .

LAUGHTER: Children across the world can now enjoy a day at a Disney park. On Nov.

SHANGHAI: Personal questions rather than political ones will greet United States President Barack Obama when he meets young people of Shanghai on Monday, during his first state visit to China.

Construction workers work at a building under construction Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 in Shanghai,... Construction workers work at a building under construction Wednesday Nov.

What does it mean to be Chinese? Isabel Hilton writes on how national volleyball player Ding Hui and reality show contestant Lou Jing - both children of Chinese mothers and black fathers - have sparked debates over the question of race.

IN the world of high fashion in Paris, legendary fashion house Chanel strongly supports its commitment to preserving the diminishing French know-how in haute couture by simply acquiring its specialist ateliers to maintain the traditions of the past.

The Associated Press= A day-by-day look at President Barack Obama's trip to Asia: Thursday, Nov.

How a simple youth from Pudong rose to become a most feared gangland leader a century ago.

France's main anti-racism organisation claims Disneyland Paris has a policy of hiring European workers because most people who visit the theme park are also white.

A MAN suspected of stabbing an old couple to death while robbing their house faces arrest four and a half years after the crime.

Comment about "Disney wins Shanghai park nod " Phone Name Comment 0 Wednesday, 4th November 2009 - 11:53CET Disney wins Shanghai park nod The Walt Disney Co's breakthrough deal to build one of its signature theme parks in Shanghai marks a major advance for Western media and entertainment firms trying to crack a tough China market.

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The Taipei City Government promoted the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition in Shanghai on November 1 with an interactive musical during which the Taipei Expo mascot a oeYa-bya made its first appearance on stage together with its Expo 2010 Shanghai China counterpart, a oeHaibao.a Since the Taipei Expo is scheduled to ...

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In this file photo visitors stand in front of a painting of Bruce the shark from the Disney movie "Finding Nemo" at a park in Shanghai, China.

Note: Glenwood Springs Post Independent editor Dale Shrull is in China this week traveling with a group of close to 50 people on a tour offered by the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association.

She is attractive, effervescent and has an appealing voice. But these qualities alone would not have made Lou Jing the most famous television talent show contestant in China and the subject of national debate in the world's most populous country.