A new book detailing the latest research on the post-1980 generation has given a snapshot of a group under huge financial and social pressures, but who remain optimistic about their future.
Lobsters are a delicious but expensive delicacy. But people can eat them at a much more affordable price now in Beijing. The Cantonese restaurant group Tang Palace announced on Dec 12 its Beijing restaurants would serve Canadian lobster at a promotional price for the winter season.
It had to be the softest opening ever: No sign outside, which can be tricky at night if you are looking for the new Home Plate Bar-B-Que in Beijing's humming Sanlitun district. But fans - lots of them - are apparently following their noses, as we did, passing through wafts of applewood smoke to be greeted by the restaurant staff at the front door.
When choosing a wine to go with a meal, what are you looking for? Of course there are guidelines which people usually follow, such as the common, "red wine with red meat, white wine with white meat (i.e., fish)". However, when it comes down to what wine you serve with a dish, Frederique de Lamothe, director of the Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Medoc, says: "It's always a question of balance."
Hotels are now targetting the youngest decision makers in the family, those with the best access to the purse strings. Such international chains as The Ritz-Carlton, Shangri-La Group and Westin have all added new attractions specifically aimed at juvenile consumers.
The first property in Asia managed by Frankfurt-based luxury hotel group Steigenberger, Hotel Maximilian, will open next month in Beijing and promises to show China hospitality, German-style.
Shanghai's luxury shopping malls are no longer satisfied with hanging festive decorations and running sales for promotion and branding. The new hot attraction to lure shoppers is art.
The year 2013 saw musical tributes paid to two of the greatest talents from the world of opera: Richard Wagner from Germany and Giuseppe Verdi from Italy.
When Chen Jinfang and her younger brother Chen Rentai started their record company in 1993, neither knew much about the music industry.
Veteran songwriter and producer Luan Shu found himself in a dilemma all of last year.
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