Since July 2003, China has been building a network of "Sunlight Community Correction" programs to provide alternative punishment for non-violent offenders.
At my age, taking part in my friends' weddings is no longer a leisurely entertainment, but an important part-time vocation. Yet among these many weddings, how come I haven't been invited to be the bridesmaid? Recently, however, my close pal offered me an even tougher role: godmother.
Li Yanming is bald, brawny and has an icy stare. The 27-year-old jokes that he looks like a stereotypical gangster - which is not far from the truth. He was jailed in 2002 for robbery but was released early in 2006 to serve time at a community correction center in southern Beijing's Daxing district.
Vocal art usually refers to singing, but when Yang Dan talks about it she means the art of voice acting. The 24-year-old fell in love with the voice while still an elementary school student. That was when she discovered Dark Justice, a Hollywood drama series and a Japanese cartoon that were dubbed into Chinese by a group of voice actors who were based in Liaoning province.
On a freezing dark night, we parked at the foot of our new apartment building. It didn't take us long to realize that the security guard and a few passers-by were gazing at our window. Xiao Shu, our decoration director, was leaning by the window and counting cash.
A decidedly non-bling canvas carry-all last year became the unlikely choice of arm-candy for a league of spoiled Hollywood celebrities fuelling the phenomenon of the "It bag".
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