Eating green

Beijing

Season of creamy roe and milt

Catch the last of the hairy crabs as autumn eases into winter. Donna Mah shares the feast.

Take wines to heart

Today's column is inspired by an e-mail a colleague sent to me a couple of days ago. It had a table of all the "cures" wine is supposed to have and a picture of a basement wine cellar that is a Bacchanalian dream. The title of the e-mail was: The medicine cabinet in my kitchen.

Chinese-American style icon

Top models and celebrities were out in force, and the fashion runway was perched on top of Dongbianmen, a 600-year-old landmark in Beijing. This was Chinese-American fashion designer Phillip Lim's first show in Beijing, and he was wowing the gathered fashionistas with his collection of slim-cut jackets, black-and-white shirts, loose pants, leather bags and gloves. His outfits were hanging on the country's top models, including Du Juan, who was making a rare appearance at home with Lim's white qipao-inspired evening dress, shimmering with diamonds. Also on the catwalk were top models Pei Bei, Sun Feifei and Qin Shupei. And right with them were A-list celebrity guests Geng Le, actress Gong Beibi and Japanese football player and fashion icon Hidetoshi Nakata.

Best of China Fashion Week

Gan Tian picks the highlights of China's premier fashion event, which ended Monday.

FIT FOR FELINE FANCIES

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats," says Sha Tian, quoting Albert Schweitzer.

Ingenue style

Cute is in and wide-eyed innocence sells. Gan Tian recommends must-have accessories for the young and the young-at-heart.

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Huaqiao Special : Huaqiao: a new financial Silicon Valley

Huaqiao International Business Service Park is the only provincial development area in China characterized by a dominant modern service industry. It will provide services for businesses in Shanghai and establish an outsourcing service base and a national financial outsourcing demonstration zone.

Mixed feelings about running in the rain

The cold rain on Sunday morning didn't deter runners from competing in the Beijing Marathon, but it obviously affected performances.

Jail for sewage sludge polluter

A polluter was handed a prison term on Friday in the capital's most serious environmental protection case to date.

Investors urged to look at commercial real estate

At a time when residential property sales have been shrinking because of tough government measures, investors are finding potential in the long-overlooked commercial property market, say industry insiders.