British obsession with class an issue for crime writers

Inspector Morse may have scoured the streets of Oxford, while Poirot boarded the Orient Express and Sherlock solved the mysteries of Baker Street.

The Odd Couple, film review: 'Hilarious'

Walter Matthau (as Oscar Madison) gets some fantastic lines to deliver in The Odd Couple, Neil Simon's film version of his successful Broadway play. "Look at this. You're the only man in the world with clenched hair," he says to Jack Lemmon's character Felix Ungar.

Anti-piracy campaign helps protect foreign works

Scrutiny and punishment for copyright violations in China is earning some plaudits from overseas rights holders as the battle against copycats and illegal content intensifies.

SIPO lobbying for adoption of revised Patent Law

As the draft of the revised Patent Law has been sent to the State Council for approval, the State Intellectual Property Office is lobbying for the legislation to be approved this year, said SIPO Commissioner Shen Changyu.

Dispute over life-like rubber statues ends

After a nearly six months of investigation by the local intellectual property watchdog, the nation's first silicone rubber patent infringement case was settled through arbitration, Shaanxi Daily reported.

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Chengdu charms consumers with range of expos

The convention and expo industry in Chengdu enjoyed a robust year with more international events augmented by a range of consumer goods expos that appealed to the local public, said an official at the city's Bureau of Expositions.

New Hilton stars in scenic Lijiang

China's economic slowdown in recent years has not deterred Hilton Worldwide from opening new properties, with the latest the Hilton Garden Inn Lijiang inaugurated on Dec 6, the first of its properties in Southwest China's Yunnan province.

Lap of luxury at the InterContinental Suzhou

The InterContinental Suzhou has a coveted location on the shores of Jinji Lake, a showpiece destination in the garden city famed since ancient times.

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The defense takes a lot of persistence

In The Electric Woman, Marabel Morgan, an author of self-help books for married women, wrote, "Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time."

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