Michel L. Goget is a confident man. He is passionate in his belief in the luxury hotel he works in, and he is also upbeat about the future of Sanya, where the Ritz-Carlton, Sanya is.
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia is expected to see about 4 million visitors this year, according to one tourism survey. We were glad to be a part of the horde experiencing the grandeur of the majestic UNESCO World Heritage site, which some acclaim as "poetries in stone".
A cool breeze from the Arabian Sea caressed my face as I waited under a blue sky for the "steamers", as large boats are popularly called in India, to arrive on the shore. I was at the magnificent Gateway of India, a British-era monument that faces the sea in India's financial hub Mumbai.
To understand and feel the beauty of Tibet, you need to venture out of the city - far away from the maddening crowd - to explore the wilderness on the "rooftop of the world".
Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet autonomous region, is a city of palaces, monasteries, temples and museums.
Teenager Wu Chengjie, who achieved one of the highest scores in the national college entrance examination or gaokao, in eastern Jiangsu province, has caused a stir after confessing that he has decided to give up journalism, his passion, to study business, as advised by many journalists who interviewed him. For days, Wu's revelations have become a hot topic among media practitioners who have speculated on what their colleagues may have said about the occupation to trigger his change of heart. Could it be the long hours? Low pay? Or the constant humiliation of having to "act like someone's grandchild", as an anchorwoman lamented on a television news show?
My mother knocked at the bathroom door one morning, yelling, "Come out and watch the TV, doctors in Singapore say that smartphone addiction is a psychiatric disorder!"
I arrived in Beijing a mere three weeks ago; a native Iowan of the United States far from the land-locked Midwestern state I've called home. It wasn't too long after I stepped off the plane that I plunged face-first into this strange land filled with steamed buns, bare baby bums and flocks of umbrella-toting tourists. I was eager to embrace all the differences life back home never gave me and willingly flung myself - armed with chopsticks and a Chinese dictionary phone app - into chaotic Beijing.
Summer is hot, but it is also one of the best seasons to have fun in the sun. The sweltering summer days usually hit China in the month of July. As July 7 - called xiaoshu in the Chinese lunar calendar, which literally means "a little hot" - has just passed, every Chinese knows that the worst heat waves are about to hit.
When Lisa Lu walks into a room, you instantly realize why some say youth is overrated. Lu, born in 1927, commands attention without a single word or dramatic gesture. Her presence alone inspires awe and admiration, even from people who do not know who she is.
Terry Notary is Hollywood's human shape-shifter. In a blink, he can become an elf, an ape or almost any other moving creature.
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