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SHANGHAI

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SOCCER
Oct 18, 2017
Urawa beats Shanghai to reach Asian Champions League final
Urawa Reds advanced to the final of the Asian Champions League for the first time since 2007 with a 2-1 aggregate win over China's Shanghai SIPG after winning Wednesday's semifinal second leg 1-0.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 20, 2017
Mimosa: Taking Shanghai cuisine to the next level
When a restaurant is so popular you have to reserve as much as a month in advance, there's always a concern it may not live up to all the anticipation. But no need to worry at Mimosa, when you (eventually) get to your table there.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2017
Muji Shanghai shops cleared of unsafe food claims lodged by show
Shanghai government inspectors said they found no evidence to support a Chinese television show's claim that Muji retail stores in the city stocked food imported from areas of Japan allegedly contaminated by radiation. The CCTV show allegations dragged the chain's stock down Thursday in Tokyo.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 24, 2017
Hill has high hopes for Yao in new role as CBA president
Longtime NBA coach Bob Hill welcomed Yao Ming's unanimous appointment this week as the Chinese Basketball Association's new president.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jan 14, 2017
Here's to a new age of 'reality'
Feel the power of VR
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2016
Chinese firms ordered to pay Disney, Pixar $194,000 for copying 'Cars': Xinhua
A Shanghai court ordered two Chinese firms to pay Walt Disney Co. and Pixar more than 1.35 million yuan ($194,440) compensation for copying parts of their hit movies "Cars" and "Cars 2," the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
TENNIS
Oct 15, 2016
Bautista Agut upsets Djokovic in Shanghai Masters semifinals
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic suffered a shock 6-4, 6-4 loss to Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the Shanghai Masters semifinals on Saturday.
TENNIS
Oct 13, 2016
ATP fines Kyrgios $16,500 for Shanghai meltdown
Nick Kyrgios has been fined $16,500 by the ATP for breaching the ATP's code of conduct during his defeat at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2016
In reshuffle, China names new Communist Party secretary for Tibetan region
China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday appointed a new senior official to run Tibet, considered one of the country's most politically sensitive positions due to periodic anti-Chinese unrest in the devoutly Buddhist Himalayan region.
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CULTURE / Books
Feb 27, 2016
A privileged perspective on WWII in 'My Shanghai, 1942-1946: A Novel'
Partly inspired by the wartime experiences of author Keiko Itoh's mother, "My Shanghai, 1942-1946" is a comfortably old-fashioned epistolary novel told entirely through diary entries. The story begins in January 1942 as London-educated protagonist Eiko Kishimoto arrives in the Shanghai International...
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BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 8, 2016
Continued NYSE plunge puts Dow on course for worst start in century as China, yuan keep diving
Shares on major exchanges fell for a sixth consecutive day on Thursday and crude prices touched multi-year lows as investors fretted over the state of the Chinese economy and its ability to stabilize its stock market.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 25, 2015
Japanese woman held in China since June arrested last month
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday a third Japanese citizen has been arrested in China, on the heels of the arrests of two others earlier this year.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 18, 2015
Djokovic dismantles Tsonga in Shanghai Masters final
It proved all too easy once again for Novak Djokovic as the world No. 1 continued his frightening dominance of men's tennis by blitzing past Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win another Shanghai Masters title on Sunday.
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TENNIS
Oct 16, 2015
Nadal whips Wawrinka, reaches Shanghai Masters semifinals
Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal displayed more signs of a return to top form with a ruthless 6-2, 6-1 hammering of Stan Wawrinka and was joined by Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters semifinals on Friday.

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