Seeking property vantage point

London-based entrepreneur Edwin Chiu founded Vantage Properties in 1992 with an aim to help individuals from the United Kingdom invest in property in China and assist Chinese nationals with property investment in the UK.

Building on two centuries of experience

London is among only a handful of cities that can claim to be truly global capitals. The city continues to attract a large number of expatriates whose nationalities have grown even more diverse over the past several years.

Life Expat

Keys to the Kingdom

It's been argued that the Web is more of a burden than a tool to make life easier. Think about wasted productivity checking e-mail, hours spent surfing useless sites, or whittling away the day watching YouTube. China is case in point. Who hasn't visited a .cn site muddled with flashy advertising, jumbled text and links to English pages that don't work? You click the English link and nothing happens. Click again, nothing. Keep clicking and clicking until you're in a rage and just want to smash I digress.

Sander's students sing hooray for Bollywood

Bollywood big-wigs reeling from a recent fall in film profits can take some comfort from China, where the most colorful components of Indian culture are experiencing a new burst in popularity.

Global Village

The most valued expats

Life Travel

Mind goggling

Sixty colorful drinks cover the surface of our table, 15 cups a line. They are not refreshing juice of tropical fruits, but a collection of 15 different shooters with such bizarre names as "Boracay B-52", "Screaming Green Lizards", "Test Tube Baby" and "Screaming Orgasm". These are what we are expected to gulp down?

Getting there

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has regular service between Manila and Beijing, five times a week. The flight takes about four hours and the round-trip ticket is 4,910 yuan ($646).

Finding a city's charms amid the frenzy

Many travelers have considered Manila a gateway to explore the Philippines' numerous tropical islands rather than a real tour destination, as most of the country's island destinations can only be reached by air from the country's capital.

Life Health

Baby Talk

After a busy day at her Beijing clothes store, Liu Yanche comes home, sits in a comfortable chair and listens to the sweet sounds of a Mozart concerto. She then begins to talk to herself out loud, or so it appears. The 28-year-old voices her views about the day, about life and her hopes for the future. But she is not alone.