Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — UFC made a major play for the potentially huge Chinese market on Tuesday, saying it will invest $13 million to open the world’s largest MMA training and development base in Shanghai. Performance Institute Shanghai will open in mid-2019 and help nurture the next generation of Chinese mixed martial arts fighters, the United States-based UFC said. The announcement was made four days ahead of UFC’s first event in Beijing — last year […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) – Detained book publisher Gui Minhai has surfaced nearly three weeks after disappearing into police custody in China, confessing wrongdoing and accusing his adopted country Sweden of manipulating him like a “chess piece”. It was unclear whether the Chinese-born Gui’s statement was genuine or made under duress, but a video of his confession shows him flanked by two police officers in a scene likely to prompt accusations of official coercion. The Chinese-born Gui, 53, was […]
by John Biers Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – General Electric’s newly-installed chief executive vowed Friday to do whatever it takes to turn around the industrial giant after weak quarterly results initially sent shares plunging. “It’s clear we need to make some major changes,” John Flannery said. “Our results are unacceptable to say the least.” Flannery, who replaced Jeff Immelt over the summer, faced tough questions from analysts after GE reported lower third-quarter earnings and […]
by Peter STEBBINGS Agence France-Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) – From toilet-paper dispensers to fast-food restaurants, travel and crime-fighting, China is taking the lead in rolling out facial-recognition technology. But while advocates warn it makes life easier, quicker and safer, opponents counter that it is another example of how the Chinese government keeps a sinister and increasingly close eye on its 1.4 billion people. Shanghai and other Chinese cities have recently started deploying facial recognition to catch those […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Shanghai soared more than one percent Monday as Chinese trading floors reopened after a long break while other Asian markets were mixed following last week’s surprising fall in US jobs. Geopolitical concerns also returned on worries North Korea will test another long-range missile and US President Donald Trump’s remarks suggesting that talking to Kim Jong-Un’s regime was a waste of time and “only one thing will work”. And the Turkish lira […]
SHANGHAI, China (CCTV) — China’s domestically developed C919 and ARJ21 passenger jets successfully completed their test flights on Thursday in Shanghai. The C919 completed its second test flight after two hours and 46 minutes in the air. The jet took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and reached an altitude of 10,000 feet. The flight time was twice that of its maiden flight in May. “The retractable landing gear was smoothly controlled at the first […]
SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) — Christie’s Shanghai auction season got underway on Sunday (September 24), with 35 offerings from the contemporary art world going under the hammer. Zao Wou-ki’s 24-12-2002-Diptyqe was sold for $5.09 million, which reached the highest bidding price for a single collection by Christie’s in mainland China. Collections from Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol were also up for bidding. Pablo Picasso’s Tete d’homme was sold for $200,000. Andy Warhol’s Monkey was […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Poodles in pink dresses, Pekinese wearing blouses, a Pomeranian in sneakers and a raincoat — Shanghai’s sidewalks can sometimes seem like fashion catwalks gone to the dogs. Chinese adore their pet canines, often dressing them up in eye-catching outfits, and nowhere are such furry fashionistas more conspicuous than in China’s commercial hub. “Pet owners like to dress up their pets, the way they would their own children,” said a woman surnamed […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Shanghai widened its ban on public smoking Wednesday as China’s biggest city steps up efforts to stub out the massive health threat despite conflicts of interest with the state-owned tobacco industry. Nearly a quarter of adults in the commercial hub of 24 million people are smokers, according to the state-run People’s Daily newspaper, citing data from the Chinese Association of Tobacco Control. Shanghai has had a limited ban on public smoking […]
THE giant panda twins born in Shanghai Wildlife Park met each other for the first time on Friday after they were born one month ago. The cubs have grown black fur on their ears as well as the unmistakable “panda eyes”. Upon receiving a physical examination, the baby boy weighed in at 1,350 grams while his younger sister weighed 1,168 grams. They weighed just 131.5 grams and 113.2 grams, roughly equivalent to the weight […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Disney chief executive Robert Iger on Monday said that nearly a million people have visited the entertainment giant’s theme park opened less than a month ago in mainland China. “It would be safe to assume almost a million people have experienced the park,” Iger said during an on-stage chat at a Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado. Visitors to the park are staying longer than expected each day […]
(Reuters) A man set off a home-made explosive at a terminal in Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on Sunday, the city’s government said, injuring five people, including himself. The explosion occurred near the airport’s Terminal Two ticketing area at about 2:20 p.m. and the people who were injured were taken away for medical treatment, the Shanghai government said in a short statement on its official microblog. “According to an initial police investigation, a man took […]
