Matchmaking moms need to let go

Spring Festival is the time for family reunions in China since long ago. But nowadays, many young people choose to stay in Beijing instead of going home for the festival. The reason may sound weird: to escape their mothers' "date and marriage" push.

Culture is used as excuse for failed marriage

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Bagging the best at market

For locals and foreign residents in the know culinary heaven can be found among the choice pickings at Xinyuanli shops.

Produce market has fresh fruit appeal

Diners tired of the same old apples, oranges and watermelon after Chinese meals can venture to the south Fourth Ring Road to procure exotic fruits at wholesale prices.

For Korean kimchi Nanhu Zonghe gets full complement

Those so accustomed to living in China that retail prices actually begin to feel like retail prices can take heart: Beijing and its environs have a bounty of markets proffering almost any food items at wholesale prices.

String quartet

The Belcea Quartet will present a program that includes Beethoven's String Quartet Op 18 No 6, Bartok's String Quartet No 3 and Schubert's Death and Maiden. Established in 1994 at the Royal College of Music of London, the band comprises Corina Belcea-Fisher and Laura Samuel on the violin, Krzysztof Chorzelski on the viola, and Antoine Lederlin on the cello. The band has had an exclusive contract with EMI Classics since 2000 and is known for its dramatic style.

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From the runway to class

There is something 22-year-old Ana Ropot's classmates don't know about her.

Questions & Answers

METRO: People are usually running to Beijing or away from something back home - Which are you?

Beijing's top sales agent puts clients first

Fang Xiaoqing, a property saleswoman with a high-end apartment project near Beijing's East Third Ring Road, sold 120 apartments worth 380 million yuan last year. That staggering performance helped Fang, 29, win the title "House Sales Queen of Beijing".

Thirst is building for tiger bone wine

Roaring demand for tiger bone tonic wine during the Year of the Tiger has delighted those taking part in the underground industry but sent chills through conservationists.