The killing of birds at the Huhuai market in Shanghai started Thursday night after the city's agricultural committee ordered it in a notice also posted on its website.

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He came to Shanghai four years ago and started a gallery called ShanghArt.

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All that we have seen since, from entry into the World Trade Organization to Chinese-made toys at Wal-Mart to Louis Vuitton boutiques in Shanghai to the Beijing Olympics, started with that bit of ping-pong diplomacy.

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Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, Chen started out working in the family cotton business in Shanghai before moving to Hong Kong in 1949.

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The yuan started trading against the ruble in the Chinese bank market in Shanghai last November, and in December, began trading on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange.

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He married Gizella, the Shanghai-born daughter of a German businessman, and started his own firm.

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