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The 2009 look
China Fashion Week Spring/Summer Collection 2009, the biggest and most important fashion gala in China, will begin at the Beijing Hotel and D PARK Beijing House next Wednesday.
Farm fit
In East China's Fujian province, the dragon dance is performed at every festival. The ongoing Sixth National Farmers' Games in Fujian's Quanzhou elevates this tradition to the level of a competition.
In the dark about Edison Chen as West heads East
The Kanye West bandwagon is about to roll into town, in Beijing at the Worker's Gymnasium on Saturday and Shanghai two days later.
Enjoy fresh pretzels at Zhongguancun 
Popular American pretzel maker Auntie Anne's has just opened a new store on level M of the Gate city mall at Zhongguancun.
Perfect harmony of melody and mood
Renowned for its "velvet" strings, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Holland is to celebrate its 120th anniversary in Beijing at NCPA on Nov 4 and 5.
Old-world charm
American Billy loves living in "the biggest village in China". And he has no plans to leave Tianjin-China's third largest municipality.
Business festival crucial to CBD prosperity
It is a symbol of a modern metropolis, a showcase of China's globalization and a window on the nation's recent economic miracles.
Fujian music by Taiwan group
Han Tang Yuefu Ensemble from Taiwan will give an Imperial-Palace performance of their work Luo Shen Fu: The Tale of the Luo River Goddess.
More to the naysay than meets the eye?
I'm not gay. Really. Honestly. But maybe I'm protesting too much.
From past to present
In the old days, the Temple of the Town God, tiger stoves and cobblestone roads made Shanghai what it was. But things have changed a lot since then.