Cruising overseas on the high seas

Guo Xiang turned his attention from the vast sea to his giggling 8-year-old.

Age of adventure

Travel agencies are responding to retirees' increasingly robust wanderlust. Yang Feiyue reports.

Quirky museums tell the capital's history

Founders see them as helping preserve cultural legacy

Steps to encourage working mothers put noses out of joint

Akane had always enjoyed her job at a Tokyo call center until, unlike many Japanese mothers, she decided to return to work after finishing her maternity leave.

Finding fashion online

Retailers are moving to convert adversity into opportunity as they try to breathe new life into a sluggish market by using Internet platforms to hawk their high-end merchandise. Sun Yuanqing reports.

Former basketball player shows shoes at London Fashion Week

Wolfgang Gieler, 29, has always had a passion for shoes. He was once a basketball player, but with his size-49 feet it was not easy for him to find the right shoes.

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Game changer

A new chef shakes up the formula at Swiss Taste, bringing more of that country's varied European influences to the table. Mike Peters steps in for a tasting.

Cognac finds a good match with Fujian delicacies

A recent cognac and food tasting in Xiamen was the second event in a campaign aimed at "rediscovering Chinese tastes" organized by the French luxury-liquor giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

Eat beat

BEIJING

Accidental dancer

A ballet performer from Northeast China is winning fans in Britain, but the journey started by chance. Cecily Liu reports in London.

Chinese and foreign artists shine light on gender targets in conflict

An ongoing exhibition at the Hangzhou Library shows violence against women during war through the multimedia artworks of contemporary artists from home and abroad.