GenevaLunch » Shanghai http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:24:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no QS’s new world uni rankings show EPFL slipping and ETH Zurich steady http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:22:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61287 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The QS World University Rankings 2011-2012, published independently since 2010 and considered one of the main global education ranking systems, show EPFL in Lausanne slipping from slot no. 32 to 35, but ETHZ in Zurich holding its no. 18 place, just behind McGill in Canada and ahead of Duke in the US. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/feed/ 0 Shanghai swimming World Cup doping tests negative http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/23/shanghai-swimming-world-cup-doping-tests-negative/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/23/shanghai-swimming-world-cup-doping-tests-negative/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:03:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60891 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The 362 doping tests run for the July 2011 swimming World Cup in Shanghai have all come back negative, FINA (world swimming federation) announced 22 August from its head office in Lausanne. The tests included 311 urine samples and 51 blood tests.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/23/shanghai-swimming-world-cup-doping-tests-negative/feed/ 0 Confucius and Einstein won’t show up together in Shanghai http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/07/confucius-and-einstein-wont-show-up-together-in-shanghai/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/07/confucius-and-einstein-wont-show-up-together-in-shanghai/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:56:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58579 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – AP news agency reports Tuesday 7 June that Albert Einstein and Confucius won’t be part of a joint museum exhibit in Shanghai after talks ended between the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and Bern’s Historical Museum. The Bern museum’s exhibit on Einstein, a son of the city, is currently on tour in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/07/confucius-and-einstein-wont-show-up-together-in-shanghai/feed/ 0 China-Switzerland air connections get major boost http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/30/china-switzerland-air-connections-get-major-boost/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/30/china-switzerland-air-connections-get-major-boost/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 08:21:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58309 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - Hainan Airlines, one of the fastest-growing airlines in the industry and China’s fourth largest, starts three-times weekly flights between Zurich and Beijing Tuesday 31 May, the beginning of what promises to be stronger aviation ties between Switzerland and China. Swiss is reportedly targeting Zurich-Beijing as one of its next offers, possibly linked [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/30/china-switzerland-air-connections-get-major-boost/feed/ 0 Lewis Hamilton in Shanghai surprise http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/lewis-hamilton-in-shanghai-surprise/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/lewis-hamilton-in-shanghai-surprise/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:38:20 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=56679 GenevaLunch.com International sports, Formula 1, Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai, China (GenevaLunch) - Lewis Hamilton stormed to victory in the third Grand Prix of the season when he passed the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel four laps from the finish, 17 April. It was the first loss of the season for Vettel. Mark Webber came third for [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/lewis-hamilton-in-shanghai-surprise/feed/ 0 Walt Disney set to build second Chinese empire http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/walt-disney-set-to-build-second-chinese-empire/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/walt-disney-set-to-build-second-chinese-empire/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:20:05 +0000 Lucy De Butts http://genevalunch.com/?p=56373 GenevaLunch.com Walt Disney Co. is set to open a $4.4 billion amusement park in Shanghai in 2016. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new park took place Friday 8 April. This is the company’s first venture onto China’s mainland and it follows the opening of Disneyland Hong Kong in 2005. However, there are fears that the resort faces a gloomy future: [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/walt-disney-set-to-build-second-chinese-empire/feed/ 0 India building collapse death toll put at 66 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/16/india-building-collapse-death-toll-put-at-66/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/16/india-building-collapse-death-toll-put-at-66/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:34:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=49932 GenevaLunch.com Number of deaths in highrise fire in China put at 53; four arrested A 15-year-old building in a poor neighbourhood in New Delhi, India, collapsed late Monday 15 November, killing 66 people and injuring at least 70 (Times of India reports 80 injured) of the 200 who are believed to have been living there. Authorities [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/16/india-building-collapse-death-toll-put-at-66/feed/ 0 Chinese retired teachers highrise fire kills scores http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/15/chinese-retired-teachers-highrise-fire-kills-scores/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/15/chinese-retired-teachers-highrise-fire-kills-scores/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:23:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=49918 GenevaLunch.com A highrise in central Shanghai (map below: Jiaozhou Road and Yuyao Road intersection) that housed mainly teachers from nearby schools, many of them retired, caught fire early Monday afternoon 15 November and at least 40 people appear to have died, with scores more taken to hospital for treatment. The fire was brought under control within [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/15/chinese-retired-teachers-highrise-fire-kills-scores/feed/ 0 Airline Swiss scoots around Russia, without explanation http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/31/airline-swiss-scoots-around-russia-without-explanation/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/31/airline-swiss-scoots-around-russia-without-explanation/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 10:20:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=42591 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Customers of Swiss who are flying to Shanghai or Hong Kong this summer will notice that the flight takes longer, and the usual view of vast stretches of Russia is no longer there: the airline has been told it cannot fly over Russian air space. No explanation is being provided by [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/31/airline-swiss-scoots-around-russia-without-explanation/feed/ 0 US, Chinese leaders’ differ over responses to economic crisis http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/16/us-chinese-leaders-differ-over-responses-to-economic-crisis/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/16/us-chinese-leaders-differ-over-responses-to-economic-crisis/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:29:00 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31667 GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama has arrived in Beijing, China after visiting Shanghai where he met with students and called for greater Internet freedom for the Chinese. Obama said in a town-hall style meeting with students that he believes the free flow of information strengthens societies. Obama will try to calm Chinese fears about Washington’s response [...]

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