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Skyscraper offices bring both comfort and isolation to workers

[2014-10-03 08:05]

Mu Yuqi, a 23-year-old college graduate, turned down a job offer from a bank in Shanghai. The reason was simple - he did not want to work in a skyscraper.

Nutritional supplements a thriving market

[2014-10-02 07:34]

Fifty-six year-old Liu Wen-jing developed a new hobby after she retired-taking nutritional products twice a day to alleviate high cholesterol and knee pain.

Weight-control sector gains as income rises

[2014-10-02 07:34]

Eva Long is passionate about exercising. She goes to the gym three times a week and has a personal trainer. But the 30-year-old also takes a weight management product to improve her fitness. She spends about 6,000 yuan ($967) a year on nutrition and weight management products.

Entrepreneur bets on horse success

[2014-10-01 08:00]

The excitement of the crowd can be felt as well as heard around the equestrian field where horses gallop across the turf.

Disney's Frozen still heating up holiday toy lists

[2014-10-01 08:00]

Two toys based on Walt Disney Co's hit animated film made it onto Adventure Publishing Group's Toy Insider Hot 20 list released Tuesday, making Disney the only entertainment company with multiple items on the roster.

Western art's deep impression

[2014-09-30 07:19]

The First Beijing International Fine Art Fair, which will run from Oct 9 to 12, unveiled its highlights for Chinese buyers on Sept 15, featuring dozens of artworks by leading Western artists like French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Spanish cubist Pablo Picasso.

Author who wrote on sex, labor camp, dies

[2014-09-30 07:19]

Famed writer Zhang Xianliang, known to be one of the first Chinese novelists to have broken the taboo on sex in literature with his works after the "cultural revolution" (1966-76), died on Saturday. He was 78.

Etchings of the future

[2014-09-30 07:19]

Many contemporary Chinese artists, including Xu Bing, Fang Lijun and Zhou Chunya, majored in engraving at college. The art form, which served as a revolutionary propaganda tool in the early 20th century, is still a source of inspiration for them, no matter what the artists now specialize in.

Picassos among pieces at Ohio display

[2014-09-30 07:19]

When retail mogul Leslie Wexner peers at one of the Picassos, Dubuffets or Giacomettis in the personal art collection he and his wife Abigail have amassed over the years, he feels a range of emotions that often include gratitude, defeat and exhilaration.