Several ports in China, including those in Hebei and Shandong provinces and Tianjin Port, the largest in northern China, stopped receiving coal transported in diesel trucks last year to cut vehicle exhaust emissions and coal is now carried by rail, according to local environmental authorities.
Shanxi is a major coal producer and has the country's second-largest known coal reserve. It also has estimated coal-bed gas and shale gas reserves of 12.7 trillion cubic meters.
Shanghai Ballet's Swan Lake, which was choreographed by British artist Derek Deane, premiered in Shanghai in 2015. It is the tragic story of a cursed princess who is turned into a swan. Instead of the usual 16 or 24 swans, Shanghai Ballet's production features a flock of 48 birds.
Several Achang women pose for a photo at a folk festival. [Photo by Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Yunnan/chinadaily.com.cn ]
Shanghai's first unmanned convenience shop reopened Wednesday. [Photo/Chinanews.com]
Several countries lost ground, boosting the ranking of the United States to eighth in reading and 11th in science. Its math score — below the average for other countries in the OECD — put it at 30th in the world, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, which administers the PISA in the United States.
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Shanghai Disneyland will adjust its admission prices and add one pricing tier effective June 6, the company said on its website on Wednesday. The theme park is set to have three pricing tiers, namely Regular, Peak and Peak Holiday, as it is about to enter into its third year of operation. Regular price of admission is set at 399 yuan (.3), up from the current 370 yuan. Peak admission price for high-demand dates, which include summer holidays, weekends, and many of the designated holidays, is set at 575 yuan, up from 499 yuan now. The newly-added Peak Holiday price of admission during two super peak holiday periods - Chinese New Year holiday and China National Day holiday - is set at 665 yuan.
Shanghai Clearing House said the move implements measures introduced by the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, on centralized clearing of RMB IRS between banks, as well as the clearing mechanism for standardized over-the-counter financial derivatives rolled out by the G20.
Shares in Qualcomm surged 23 percent after the announcement, while Apple's remained flat on Tuesday.