Ministry gives folk legend's Beijing concert the green light
I was surprised the first time I asked a Chinese friend where to find second-hand clothing stores in Beijing. My Chinese friend was horrified. Chinese people would never wear someone else's old clothes, I was told. But that's not true, I later learned.
During a recent instant messaging session with my mother, who lives in central California, she complained: "Yesterday, it was really windy. I don't like it at all, it makes me really nervous." To that, I replied: "Then you wouldn't like living in Beijing." Well, for much of the year, at least.
US songwriter Bernie Higginsends Beijing hotel tour with show to make grand opening of R Lounge. Todd Balazovic reports.
Ruby Yang's China trilogy gives an outsider's perspective on the changes transforming the country. Han Bingbin reports.
"I'm passionate about tea-silk," said Kathrin Rechenberg in her bright and airy studio just north of the Sanlitun embassy district.
Drop in for tea at 796 Huaihai Lu in the center of Shanghai, and you cannot fail to be impressed by the sprawling English-style landscaped garden and the 1920s colonial villa there. This well-preserved mansion is now home to a Swiss luxury watchmaker, Vacheron Constantin. Dominique Bernaz is a frequent visitor here since it opened in 2008. The villa, named Vacheron Constantin Mansion, is an elegant store with a collectors?salon, a customer service center, and home to the label's vaunted "Atelier Cabinotiers Special Order?service.
The next International Watch and Jewelry Fair opens on March 24, and Gan Tian gets a preview of some of the best tick-tock toys on show.
Real estate agents are exploiting a loophole to dodge tough new measures that ban non-Beijing residents from buying homes in the capital.
Historic homes once owned by some of Beijing's most influential people were added to a list of the capital's most valued cultural heritage sites on Monday.
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