2005: Review of the Year

2005 is the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. As the sun goes down on the Year of the Rooster, we take a look back at the highs and lows of 2005.
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Anatomy of the Super Girl phenomenon (31/12 09:37)
At the beginning of 2005, Li Yuchun was burning the midnight oil in the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, busily preparing for her upcoming final exams and looking beyond the tests to her family's celebrations for the Chinese New Year.

1980s generation finds a real, if unexpected, hero (30/12 10:11)
Hong Zhanhui has not given money to charity, donated blood or spent his spare time caring for terminally ill people but he is no less heroic in an age when too many young people devote their lives to the pursuit of material pleasures.

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Quake jolts southwest China

Shanghai World Expo 2010

ARATS chief's Taiwan visit

 
Nation

  • Anatomy of the Super Girl phenomenon (31/12 09:37)
  • China drops farm tax in rural reform effort (30/12 10:13)
  • 1980s generation finds a real, if unexpected, hero (30/12 10:11)
  • Koizumi's shrine visits sour Sino-Japanese relations (29/12 17:21)
  • Legal system grapples with old issues, new challenges (29/12 10:57)
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    Shanghai
  • City selects top 10 tours for visitors (31/12 07:54)
  • Yangshan Deepwater Port Project (29/12 16:02)
  • Shanghai International Arts Festival  (29/12 16:02)
  • Fudan University Celebrates Its Centenary  (29/12 16:02)
  • Shanghai Tourism Festival 2005  (29/12 16:01)
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    Economy
  • China's top 10 economic news stories for 2005  (31/12 10:04)
  • The Daily Review of Shanghai Stock Market (29/12 16:04)
  • Chinese textile exports face challenge  (29/12 16:04)
  • Merger & Acquisition Wave (29/12 14:05)
  • Chinese autos eye global market  (28/12 14:40)
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    World
  • Top 10 world news events in 2005  (30/12 17:28)
  • Six-party talks pushes forward peace process in Korean Peninsula (29/12 15:58)
  • Iraq's political process moves forward with thorny issues ahead (29/12 15:01)
  • Mideast peace prospect remains dark (29/12 14:02)
  • UN reform snails forward in shadow of budget crisis (29/12 13:02)
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    Sports
  • Top 10 world sports stories in 2005 (28/12 15:26)
  • Top 10 Chinese sports stories in 2005  (28/12 15:25)
  • Snooker world in his pocket (28/12 15:20)
  • "Old gun" locks new target while Russians stand in the way  (28/12 14:47)
  • Gold is not sole goal for Chinese sports (28/12 14:46)