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China Daily 30 Anniversary Edition

Pilgrims trek path to temple Enlightenment

[2007-05-31 06:44]

BODHGAYA, India: In hardly any other place in India do economic poverty and spiritual wealth go hand-in-hand than in the northeastern state of Bihar.

Nature's skyscrapers

[2007-05-31 06:44]

World's highest railroad, fastest train, biggest dam, tallest building. The Middle Kingdom's stellar list of engineering achievements has earned it many doting admirers, though perhaps Mother Nature is not foremost among them. Not only has China's remarkable industrialization drive left scars on her landscapes. It's also pilfered her best designs.

Life Health

[2007-05-30 07:22]

A bitter pill to swallow

[2007-05-30 06:52]

HAMBURG: Medical experts are grappling with the looming problem of how to effectively help a largely underestimated number of people addicted to prescription medicine.

Finding the salts of life

[2007-05-30 06:52]

China made strides towards becoming a healthier nation last Tuesday, when the George Institute for International Health officially opened its Beijing branch. The opening is a significant landmark in the development of research and capacity building for tackling China's health priorities. And it provides new hope for the treatment of diseases such as hypertension, stroke, coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes and injury.

IN BRIEF (Page 19)

[2007-05-30 06:52]

Over exposure

[2007-05-30 06:52]

BERLIN: Almost everyone has come into contact with antibiotics whether in tablet, syrup or ointment form. Antibiotics have been used to fight bacterial infections for more than 70 years. Serious diseases, such as tuberculosis or cholera, which 100 years ago were fatal for humans, no longer pose the threat they once did. But in many cases patients fail to use antibiotics properly.

Life Movie

[2007-05-29 07:20]

Bumbling Brits are full of Beans

[2007-05-29 06:56]

LONDON: Mr Bean is one of the most successful British cultural exports ever. Since the first Bean TV show was broadcast in 1990, its 14 half-hour programs have been sold to more than 200 TV territories worldwide and shown on more than 50 airlines. The latest Bean film, Mr Bean's Holiday, is a global smash hit, No 1 in 21 countries and top of the international box office.

Much ado about Maggie

[2007-05-29 06:56]

Award-winning Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle believes it is impossible to make Maggie Cheung look unattractive on the wide screen. The 43-year-old actress is a visual delight off-screen too.

Life Expat

[2007-05-25 07:06]

Home away from home

[2007-05-25 06:45]

The excitement of change and a yearning for the exotic is what brings many people to China. But even the most worldly wanderers can be overwhelmed by the smorgasbord of new experiences, and this is when a little creature comfort comes to the rescue.

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