Wrecked farms get a $23 million makeover

The business signed a management joint venture with Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin, who bought the 13 dairy farms and three support blocks from receivers. The new owners pumped in $23 million to improve the farms, now renamed Tahi Farms, owned by TheLand ... ( read original story ...)

Cocaine-made suitcases seized in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai customs announced Tuesday that they had seized two suitcases made from over 10 kg of cocaine. Listed among "high-risk passengers involved in drugs" in a database, a woman from Southeast Asia was spotted at Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)

Copper falls on Shanghai inventories, $US

STEEL: Shanghai rebar ended 3.9 per cent lower on Monday, marking eight consecutive days of falls, with traders brushing aside news of a new campaign to cut steel capacity in Tangshan. * OTHER METALS: Nickel ended down 0.1 per cent at $US8,915, aluminium ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai, Part 2 – The Bund and Huangpu River

Before I hit the slightely less exotic Tesco..sorry Tesco.. it is time for a trip up the Huangpu River that flows by the Shanghai skyline with Tess Karlinski…I have a craving suddenly for crispy duck tonight.. thanks Tess. Away from the stalking (however ... ( read original story ...)