Decide for yourself if conflict is compatible

HAMBURG: Eye make-up this spring is both a glimpse of the past and the future - tender reserve on one hand and the courage to use shrill tones on the other.

Life Expat

Linguist left speechless

Anyone who has been in Beijing for a while knows how the taxi drivers behave - they talk a lot about everything. Hence the other day, Brendan O'Kane, an Irish American who has been living in Beijing for the past four years, was not surprised that the cabbie started chatting even before he'd gotten comfortable in his seat.

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More than just a factory town

Modern nation that floats on top of a rich black sea

Wedged among the Middle Eastern powerhouses of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq on the northwestern tip of the Persian Gulf is Kuwait - one of the world's smallest countries and one of its biggest oil giants.

Life Travel

Rhodes to discovery

Before our trip to Rhodes in Greece in October, I surfed the Internet and found an interesting link between the island and the Olympics. In the 5th century BC, Diagoras of Rhodes won in the 79th Olympiad in boxing. Decades later, his two sons, Damagetos and Akousilaos, also won in boxing and pancratium at the Olympiad.

Where to go after the snow has melted

The heavy snow in southern China has forced many scenic spots to shut down temporarily and travel agencies canceled package tours during the Spring Festival Holiday. But the snow has also created icicles and other spectacular sights rarely seen in the regions. As snow recedes before the advancing spring, locals are getting ready for guests.

By the sea, there's too many delicacies to choose just one

My mom was stopped by a visitor one day on Zhongshan Road, the age-old commercial street and city center of Xiamen, Fujian province, who asked her where he could find a genuine local delicacy. After thinking for a while, she answered, "I don't know."

Life Health

Wake-up call

BERLIN: It recurs at regular intervals, over and over again: The fluttering sound of "sawing logs" that often robs sleep from the partners of snorers.

Flood of new interest in simple water therapy

BERLIN: Most Germans have heard of Father Kneipp. Whether hydrotherapy, herbal tea, light foods or long walks come to mind, there are a lot of things attributed to 19th century Bavarian priest Rev Sebastian Kneipp, although initially at least, he advocated chiefly the utilization of hot and cold water to boost the health of sickly people.