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China opens the world's largest indoor skiing resort in Pudong, Shanghai, with a 90000 m2 skiing area and a total campus area of 350000 m2.
2024-09-6

Areas in the Jinshan and Minhang districts of Shanghai are elevated to medium-risk areas of COVID-19.
2022-03-13

MV "Shunqiang 2" collides with another ship off Shanghai, causing thirteen to fall overboard and the ship to sink. Search and rescue operations commence for the missing seafarers.
2018-07-15

China's state-run "Global Times" newspaper reports the launching of the first Type 055 destroyer, a 10,000-ton "new generation" warship, at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.
2017-06-28

A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.
2014-12-31

At least ten people die as a result of a heatwave in the Shanghai which has recorded its highest temperatures on record, surpassing 40 C.
2013-07-31

The People's Republic of China warns residents of Zhejiang province and Shanghai to prepare for the arrival of Typhoon Muifa tomorrow or Sunday, which is expected to be one of the most powerful storms to hit China in recent years.
2011-08-5

Chinese truck drivers stage a second day of protests in Shanghai at rising inflation.
2011-04-21

2011 Chinese protests:Police in China show up in force in several cities after a call for a "Jasmine Revolution", and disperse protesters in Beijing and Shanghai. [http:--www.sify.com-news-protesters-gather-in-beijing-shanghai-news-international-lcurOdjfcii.html (Sify India)] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-pacific-12517909 (BBC)]2011 Iranian protests:Iranians are invited to attend a protest rally in Tehran and other cities in commememoration of the two people killed while attempting to demonstrate for better freedoms last week. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-middleeast-2011-02-20112197512326286.html (Al Jazeera)]Mehdi Karroubi, the opposition leader under house arrest, calls for his trial to take place in public so that people can "get to know the truth". He posts the request on his website since he cannot leave his house to personally deliver it. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-middleeast-2011-02-201122053957526278.html (Al Jazeera)]2011 Iranian protests:
2011-02-20

Fire destroys a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai, China, killing at least 42 people, injuring more than 90 and forcing some residents to jump from windows to escape.
2010-11-15