DOHA - The Australia national association soccer team, nicknamed the Socceroos, say they are not only ready to lift the Asian Cup in Qatar as the team heads into their last group game against Bahrain on Tuesday, they admit they want to restore pride to their nation.
LONDON - Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has thrown his support behind striker Didier Drogba, claiming the Cote d'Ivoire star is close to rediscovering his deadly goal-scoring touch.
ATLANTA, Georgia - Matt Ryan is still looking for his first playoff win after three NFL seasons with the Atlanta Falcons.
Carrying a bag can gain you instant entry into the world of fashion, according to Yang Ziming, head designer of China's well-known menswear label Cabbeen. Cabbeen's 2011 spring/summer collection features totes, clutches, bowlers, shoppers, drawstrings, weekenders, duffle bags, messenger bags and backpacks - all jauntily carried by muscular models as they strut their stuff down the catwalk.
Gentlemen, forget the black suits. Gan Tian picks out some stylish items to show off during the Spring Festival holidays.
Mandarin collars and frog-buttons, qipao-inspired body-hugging shifts - these appeared in Louis Vuitton's spring/summer 2011 collection. Every fashionista worth her brand-name credentials can recognize the eastward inspiration in Marc Jacobs' latest collection, sexed up, refined and touched with his wand of modernity.
How do the stars tell time? Gan Tian looks at the timepieces on the celebrities' wrists.
Travelers are often divided into tribes in China. There is the beibao zu, backpack tribe, the genban zu, latest-destinations trend lemmings, the ziyouxing zu, the FIT tribe and the Gucci zu, the sybaritic shopping group after the best luxury goods money can buy. In between these elite strata, you also get huge fillers of eager first-time tourists happy to just join a tour and enjoy the novel experience of taking a plane or train for the first time.
A bright light shouldn't hide under a bushel basket, and tucked away in a corner of Wuhan city, red lanterns hanging outside a Japanese restaurant advertises the attractions indoors.
Simple and symbolic, the 'panda look' is a recurring trend, Gan Tian discovers.
It's never too late to give wonderful Christmas gifts to your friends (or yourself). Gan Tian picks out some of the best in town.
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