A crowd of twenty third, fourth and fifth graders have been heading to their “Field of Dreams” up on the football pitch every Friday afternoon this trimester to improve their softball skills, exercise, learn about teamwork, and have a whole bunch of fun. Each session begins with stretching to avoid injuries and a few laps [...]
Fabulous February is a Xtraordinary month at Xpats – Six Nations rugby showcasing the pride of northern hemisphere teams contesting “the game they play in Heaven” starts on the 5th – if that ain’t enough rugger we have Super 15s from the southern hemisphere starting on the 18th. It’s all leading up to our World [...]
Thanks to text messages that served as a warning device launched by the Shenzhen traffic police, motorists paid 10 million yuan lesser in fine for minor traffic violations. Traffic police texted 397,000 messages for minor traffic violations, which includes illegal parking. If motorists were not warned it could have mean the city could have incurred [...]
Pet hospitals are busy taking care of pets that many people left behind before leaving for the Spring Festival. 80 percent of the vacancies in the Meilin pet hospital were booked out. Hospital manager told residents if they were planning to leave their pets at the hospital, they should have reserved a place in advance [...]
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, what surprise will you give your sweetheart? Indulge her senses at Prego Italian Restaurant at the Westin Guangzhou, where you can render the night of love. The restaurant manager carefully created an atmosphere for lovers to create an emotional setting, romantic furnishings, carefully prepared and cooked meals by our famous [...]
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development have issued a regulation last year stepping up management of zoos and implemented a three month ban on animal performances. But the regulation have expired last week and local zoos and parks turned a blind eye on animal performances. However in the past three months since animal [...]
More than 227 Shenzhen citizens were stranded at Cairo airports when flights were delayed and canceled due to the massive protest going on in Egypt against President Hosni Mubarak. They are unable to leave due to a government imposed curfew in the city. Protests have rocked Egypt when demonstrators demanded the ouster of the Country’s [...]
The Chinese Department would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to the entire SIS community for their support in staging China Day. The event would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of our Support and Maintenance staff, who did everything from build game equipment, donate food and set up the field. We also [...]
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