What can children teach the world? Christie Hsiao's latest book, Journey to Rainbow Island, is giving the question a go.
Lu Yiqing loves to shop but detests going to shopping malls. Instead, she spends about an hour each week browsing foreign online shopping sites for clothes, shoes, accessories, makeup and other beauty products. "Goods at local malls are quite expensive, and their prices usually don't correspond to their quality," Lu says, adding that the clothes and shoes she orders overseas usually cost a third of their price tags in China.
Question: Who is more likely to buy a Jimmy Choo handbag from net-a-porter.com?
Who says fine jewelry is limited to gold and silver? They can be very colorful like flowers. Some fine jewelry makers have created alluring pieces out of precious stones.
A few days ago, I stumbled upon a posting by an editor of the Chinese website of The Wall Street Journal. She was asking about the English translation of the word tuhao and whether "country baron" was good enough.
It was more than a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Florence Fang, who was present for the dedication of the building she donated to Peking University to teach Mandarin to foreign students. It was the fulfillment of an important part of her China dream.
Beijing is huge, and sometimes you can find delightful meals in the most unexpected places. Pauline D. Loh explores Haidian district and finds some choice southern offerings.
The Italian restaurant Mercato has quite a lot of attractions: a sweeping and spectacular view of the Bund, the chic rustic interior design created by famous architecture studio Neri & Hu, the beautiful Korean American chef Sandy Yoon, and the second restaurant for Michelin-three-star chef Jean Georges in Shanghai.
The British capital's most iconic hotels are eager to welcome the growing wave of Chinese tourists, Mike Peters reports, with the city's best shopping and dining in easy reach.
Westin Hotels & Resorts is planning a wider hospitality network in China with new openings in Hainan, Qingdao and Chongqing.
The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin reached China around the fin de siecle - so long ago that an ancient Chinese love poem was adopted for its lyrics. Of course it was limited to the elite who had exposure to Western culture.
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