An animal keeper has died after being bitten by a tiger at the Shanghai Zoo.

Restaurants and office buildings in China's commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo.

Chinese state media say a fire at a recycling center in Shanghai has killed six people.

Chinese state media say a fire at a recycling center in Shanghai has killed at least six people.

Shanghai's environmental bureau says the city will suspend work at some factories in the region to help clear the city's smog for the World Expo.

Shanghai is stepping up security precautions and safety management to ensure that the World Expo is trouble-free when it opens in May for tens of millions of expected visitors, the city's mayor said Tuesday.

Less than 100 days before the World Expo opens in Shanghai, armies of workers wearing yellow and orange hard-hats are buzzing around a huge muddy site where the pavilions are far from finished.

China's Minister of Public Security warned police to prepare for any possible emergencies or terrorist attacks during the upcoming World Expo in Shanghai, a state-run news agency reported yesterday.

More than 90 percent of Shanghai residents interviewed for a poll are hoping for the first-ever smoke-free World Expo in the history of the 159-year-old mega event, which kicks off in China's financial capital on May 1.

After sweeping streets for 17 years in the country's biggest city, Cai Chuanxiu finally got a big surprise that will change her life.