Making social security a reality

Chongwen District will speed up efforts to develop various social undertakings and make the social security system fully functional, to ensure that local residents live well-off lives.

Intensive face-lift for Chongwen

As an old district of Beijing, Chongwen had a large number of buildings that had become unsafe over the years, so its task of restructuring these buildings was more challenging than that of any other urban district.

It is boom time in capital's old district

Chongwen District of Beijing has seen rapid economic growth and considerable success in various social undertakings over the past three years, according to the local government's 2007 work report.

Life Style

The year designers grew up

PARIS: The month-long marathon of fashion shows ended in Paris on Sunday, and with it came the sense that the fashion industry was shaking off certain habits dominating it for the past decade, to the detriment of the business and consumers.

Foreign Husbands make model Toms

Tom Husband has been turning heads since he came to Beijing, though that's not what he wanted to do. The tall Briton actually came to China to teach English but fate had something else in store for him: modeling.

'Gang rape' ad ban sees D&G slammed

ROME: A controversial ad by the fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana suggesting gang rape has been banned from Italian publications, an advertising watchdog said.

Life Travel

Fossils fuel thrills at the museum

Entombed in two slabs of fine-grained rock, a skeleton of a bird-like creature with a long tail caught my eye as soon as I entered the Sihetun Geology Museum in Beipiao City, about a one-hour drive from Chaoyang.

New sensations from ancient wonders

What is it like to look at a 120 million-year-old bird that has fossilised where it laid to rest?

A relic rendezvous to relish

To pay respects to Sakyamuni's relics is always quite an experience even if you know little about their history.

Life People