BOTH are port cities and both are second cities. Both are home to pharmaceutical, IT and microelectronics industries. And believe it or not, the telephone code for both cities is 021.

THE country's Chinese community wake up to the Year of the Rooster today with permission to crow as loudly as they like about the attractions of their art, culture, food and festivities.

A programme of Chinese Arts and Culture in Ireland has been launched at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin today.

CHINESE athletes competing in the Special Olympics in June may be screened for SARS in a bid to minimise the health risks posed by the virus.

IT’S time to pay off your debts and get set for a some hard graft for those born in the Chinese Year of the Goat, but at least you will have your health.