Life Expat

Global Village

Beware of the stereotype

Jutta grabs front-row seats in designer paradise

SHANGHAI: German designer Jutta Friedrichs always had a feeling she would end up in Asia. Initially she thought she would live in Tokyo, but fate had other ideas.

Love at first byte

Sometimes lyrical, other times bizarre, the English menu translations of Chinese dishes - when they are even attempted - often provide the foreign diner with scant clue as to the ingredients of the dish. For new expats, or those with limited language skills, hunger pangs can mean wandering the streets in search of a picture menu, or relying on local friends to accompany you for meals.

Special Supplement

Port builds on its strengths

With a focus on the coal, petrochemicals, ore, and grain transportation and container service sectors, Longkou Port is building on its strengths as one of the important ports in the Bohai Bay region.

Longkou Port maps out ambitious blueprint

Longkou Port in East China's Shandong Province is expected to invest 8 billion yuan ($1.05 billion) during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010), to build itself into a large harbor in the Bohai Bay area.

Life Health

Needle and the healing done

Maria Rosaria Saieva has spent two decades treating patients suffering from cancer and other serious illnesses. Several years ago, however, the medical doctor felt it was time do something more for her patients, so she learned acupuncture and recently, she visited a Beijing school to sharpen her needling skills.

Body of experts show them where to stick it

To facilitate the need by Western doctors to study in China, several organizations exist for this purpose, including the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies that works with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Chinese government. It provides information to doctors and work with schools and hospitals to bring doctors and students to China.

TCM students' journey to the south

Guangzhou is gaining ground as a new center for the study of traditional Chinese medicine, especially among foreigners who are flocking to the city to take up the challenge.

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