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Bringing sexy back
A sense of modesty has returned to the beach this year with the revival of the one-piece swimsuit.
The world of bore-craft
Everyone is said to enjoy 15 minutes of fame, but not many people can achieve it in 15 minutes. Jia Junpeng did - almost.
Losing isn't everything, it's the only thing

Despite sitting some 5,000 km away in Beijing, the moment Andy Roddick threw himself to the turf and Andy Murray assumed the position of Defeated Brit at Wimbledon recently, it was if I could almost hear the collective sigh of my tennis-mad compatriots.

Scope for business opportunity
Telescope salesman Lei Tong is cashing in on the solar eclipse
Finally, Double Happiness?

The hands of steel worker Old Cai shake a little when the project leader of Yizhuang Subway construction in southern Beijing's Songjiazhuang.

In the Heart of the Canyon

In the Heart of the Canyon:by Elisabeth Hyde, published by Alfred A. Knopf

Asterios Polyp
Modernism came late to comics. Cartoonists are naturally stylistic chameleons, selecting and altering visual techniques to serve their subjects.
Star trek
Guo Gang and Zhou Ying are star-struck lovers in every sense of the word.
Lights out! Cameras! Action!

No matter whether you are an experienced astrophotographer, or a novice with a camera in hand, you can have beautiful photographic memories of a total solar eclipse.

Free shows promise rocking good time

Beijing's small livehouse venues are a treasure trove of punk rock groups and some of these avant-garde bands play this weekend, for free.