Shanghai Daily News

More than 18,000 people braved a massive storm on Saturday to take in the opening day of the Shanghai Book Fair.
Book sales during opening day hit 948,400 yuan (US$117,033), according to organizers.
When the rain stopped yesterday, more book lovers flocked to the event at the Shanghai Exhibition Center on Nanjing Road W.
"It's a rare opportunity to see so many new books at one go," said Jin Huili, who brought her daughter to the fair.
"Besides, there are discounts on most types of books."
With the exception of imported books, all publications are being sold for 20 percent below retail price.
The 2005 Shanghai Book Fair has attracted 40 local publishing houses and 120 publishers from other parts of the country for the nine-day event.
Well-known Chinese writers such as Wang Anyi, Yu Qiuyu and Yu Hua will give lectures during the exhibition.
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, who penned the English biography of China's former president entitled "The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin," will give a speech tomorrow.
One of the biggest attractions of the event is translated copies of foreign novels. Shanghai Translation Publishing House has published a seven-novel collection by Marguerite Duras including "Hiroshima Mon Amour," and "The Lover," to celebrate the Year of France in China.
For those with less literary tastes, translated versions of six novels by Tom Clancy are also on sale: "The Hunt for Red October," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger," "The Sum of All Fears" along with the latest Jack Ryan novel "The Teeth of the Tiger" and the non-fiction "Shadow Warriors."
Visitors will also be able to take in several concerts.
Seminars will be held on a variety of topics, including post-WTO publishing strategies and the relationship between publications and ideological and ethical education for children.
To combat counterfeit admission tickets, which were a problem last year, the Shanghai Press and Publication Administration applied the anti-forgery technology China uses in its bank notes.