Searching for the perfect wedding destination

NEGRIL, Jamaica: The first time Gerri Carr got married, she took a traditional route big Catholic church, packed pews, and a near panic attack before she walked down the aisle.

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Tiger, thou art but a mouse

TCM practitioner and rheumatism expert Zhou Naiyu always turned to tiger bone for her prescriptions in the 1980s. But the 1993 ban on trading in tiger products has led to this ingredient disappearing from TCM prescriptions.

Brains behind new X-ray treatments

In medical centers worldwide, many life-threatening brain ailments that used to require risky open-skull operations are being treated through much less invasive procedures guided by X-ray technology.

Exercise can ease pregnancy's discomforts

BERLIN: Many expectant mothers develop physical problems that can restrict their daily activities considerably. Their blood pressure dips regularly. Back pain increases almost daily.

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Sex and the Chinese cities

Remember the winner of the 1960 Best Picture Oscar The Apartment? Director Billy Wilder's bittersweet, heart-rending, tragic-comedy was a tale about everyday people who get tangled up in love and jealousy. Now Chinese director Meng Jinghui, known for his experimental theatrical works, retells the classic American story in his own way.

'I am very certain about what I do or say'

China Daily (CD): Do you and your character Han Dong have anything in common?

Where the wild strings are

One of the world's best violin virtuosos, Nigel Kennedy, will join a star-studded line-up for this year's Beijing Music Festival (BMF). Kennedy's recording of "Four Seasons" is the best-selling classical work of all time more than 2 million copies have been sold and also released an album of Jimi Hendrix rock song covers.

Golden boy of the box office

Xia Yu was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province in 1976 and was first discovered by director Jiang Wen 18 years later.

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