The noon sun is scorching the tar as the thermometer rises past 33 C. Traffic police assistant An Mo is sweating as she tries to keep order at Zhongguancun Bridge No 1, Haidian District, one of the busiest roads in Beijing.
We live near a "no-future" alley, which runs through a vast expanse of "no-future" flat houses and decaying buildings before joining a "no-future" road where pedestrians and vehicles are jammed day in and day out among stalls of construction materials.
OSAKA: Tyson Gay romped to the 200m world title yesterday, giving him a rare sprint double, as super mum Jana Rawlinson won Australia's first medal of the championships in the 400m hurdles.
LONDON: Arsene Wenger believes Eduardo has brought a new dimension to Arsenal that will help his side challenge for the Champions League.
NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal struggled on a sore left knee past unheralded Australian Alun Jones on Wednesday to reach the second round of the US Open but his bid for a third Grand Slam final in a row appears doomed.
Seventy-year-old ink painter Chen Jialing considers himself as young, energetic and naughty as a little boy. Over the past two decades the veteran artist has continuously developed his style and has always divided the art world.
Amid the deafening noise of electric saws and a repellent smell of lacquer, I found myself among a group of people in their late 30s scrutinizing doors in a small factory in a remote suburban village.
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