Chinese officials are investigating an explosion last weekend at another factory in China that makes components for Apple products. Apple supplier Pegatron Corp. said in a statement that the explosion at the Shanghai factory occurred in dust collection equipment, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The wire service said local media reported that 61 people were hurt and more than 20 hospitalized but that none had life-threatening injuries. Read full article > >

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Andy Murray beats David Ferrer 7-5 6-4 to win the Shanghai Masters and move up to number three in the world.

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Murray powers to Shanghai victory

British number one Andy Murray remains on course for a third title in a row after beating Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden to reach the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters.

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Murray powers into Shanghai semis

British number one Andy Murray remains on course for a third title in a row after beating Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden to reach the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters.

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Murray powers into Shanghai semis

A Shanghai subway train has hit the rear end of another train, injuring at least 200 passengers, train company officials say.

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Shanghai train crash injures 200

SHANGHAI — A subway train in China’s commercial center of Shanghai has smashed into the back of another train, injuring dozens of people. Local reports say the accident Tuesday on Line 10, one of the city’s newest lines, may have been caused by problems with the signaling system, similar to a crash in July on one of China’s high-speed train lines. Read full article > >

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Shanghai subway crash injures dozens, in latest of many mishaps

SHANGHAI — A staff member slashed children with a knife at a daycare center for migrant workers in eastern China on Monday, wounding eight children, one seriously. The attack took place at noon at an informal daycare center in Shanghai’s suburban Minhang district, home to many migrant workers. The female attacker was taken into custody and police were investigating, said Zhuang Liqiang, an officer in the information services department of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau. He did not provide further details. Read full article > >

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Staff member attacks children with knife at Chinese daycare center for migrants, wounding 8

A female employee at a child-care centre in the Chinese city of Shanghai slashes young children, injuring eight, reports say.

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Children hurt in Shanghai attack

A Swiss museum’s exhibition in Shanghai about the scientist Albert Einstein is cancelled after Shanghai officials try to merge it with a Confucius display.

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China row over Einstein display

Asafa Powell wins the Diamond League 100m in Shanghai, with the Great Salford Swim under way and the Great City Games coming up on a day when Haile Gebrselassie and Helen Clitheroe win the Great Manchester Run.

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In some strange ways, it is as if he had a premonition. Last week, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei unexpectedly announced that he was going to build his new studio in Berlin. (His Shanghai studio was razed without warning by Chinese authorities in January.) He told reporters that he had chosen Berlin because of its artistic community and the relatively cheap cost of building. He would have to oversee the project, but the artist and government critic wanted to spend “as little time as possible” in Germany, adding, “however, there will be no choice if my work and life are somehow threatened.”

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Where is Ai Weiwei?

China’s state auditor says $28m in funds intended for a high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai have been embezzled.

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China railway funds ‘embezzled’

US toy manufacturer Mattel shuts its flagship, six-storey Barbie concept store in Shanghai after two years.

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Flagship Chinese Barbie store closes

The authorities in Shanghai, China, announce they will introduce a one-dog policy to bring the canine population under control.

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By order of the Chinese government, the brand new Shanghai art studio of Ai Weiwei, a well-known and outspoken artist in China, was destroyed by bulldozers Tuesday morning. Ai has angered Chinese officials for criticizing endemic corruption in the…

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