GM on Tuesday began the construction of a new $250 million corporate campus in Shanghai, which includes a research and development center that will focus on study of alternative fuels.

Shanghai GM, the joint venture between Shanghai Auto and General Motors, said it will recall 511 Cadillac Escalade due to defect in windshield washer fluid heater system, said xinhuanet.com yesterday.

China formally opened what it says is the world's longest sea-crossing structure today, a 36 kilometer bridge spanning a bay just south of the eastern business hub of Shanghai.

Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng outlined his five biggest concerns at the plenary meeting of the city's top advisory body Sunday.

Admitting corruption has hampered Shanghai's development, Mayor Han Zheng yesterday vowed to build a clean, efficient and transparent government.

Shanghai. December 17 (Gasgoo.com) – Shanghai GM will launch its Buick LaCrosse hybrid vehicle in Chinese market prior to the Beijing Olympic Games next year, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Nokia announced the grand opening of the first Nokia Flagship Store in Mainland China, the only stand-alone Nokia Flagship Store and the largest in the world. The Nokia Shanghai Flagship Store is the seventh of 18 planned Flagship Stores and is the second in the region following the opening of the premier Asia Pacific Flagship Store in Hong Kong.

Typhoon Wipha hit China's east coast near Shanghai in the early hours of Wednesday, killing one and injuring three others, toppling hundreds of homes, and damaging power and water supplies.

The weather was calm in Shanghai, a city of 17 million, on Wednesday morning, but the typhoon had already claimed a victim.

Alarm is growing in Asia over the rapid rise of China's stock market. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong, bankers and business executives are warning it may be a bubble waiting to burst.

The gas pipeline was broken by a grab at a construction site in Shanghai, stopping gas supply to about 10,000 households.

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. today announced that it has opened a new Asia testing center in the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone.