At least 15 people were killed Saturday after liquid ammonia leaked from a refrigeration unit at a cold storage plant in Shanghai, state media and the government said.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday closer ties with Russia were of 'crucial importance' for global peace, as the two nations seek to resist international action on Syria and Iran.

A Hindu nationalist group filed a court case on Monday seeking to ban the release of Bollywood film Shanghai over satirical lyrics that describe India as a land of diseases and cow dung.

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About one-fifth of youngsters in China's Shanghai city are overweight and their numbers are on the rise, say health experts.

According to Shanghai health experts, as much as 19.3 percent of local you

Many people got stuck inside dark elevators in China's commercial capital when the string of a kite got entangled around high-tension wires and caused a blackout.

The blackout occurred Friday in Pudo

China, which had been hit by three major earthquakes in the past four years, has detected more than 130 fault lines in 21 large cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in a pilot project, but 80 of them were found to be inactive.

Authorities in China's commercial hub Shanghai plan to keep five foreign pavilions from 2010 world expo that were popular with visitors as public landmarks, local media reported on Friday.

Tens of thousands of people laid flowers Sunday at the blackened shell of a Shanghai high-rise apartment where a raging fire left 58 dead, as the city marked the peak of the traditional mourning perio

At least 53 people have been killed and scores injured in a massive fire that engulfed a high-rise apartment building in China's commercial hub Shanghai, officials said Tuesday.

Police detained unlicensed welders on Tuesday on suspicion of accidentally starting a fire that engulfed a high-rise apartment building under renovation in China's business capital, killing at least 5