Healthy diet in early autumn
2011-08-17 09:21:41
In early autumn, when the weather is still hot in the daytime but cool at night, a healthy diet should include ingredients like pumpkin or lotus seeds.
New media, old messages
2011-08-17 09:13:25
Installations at the ongoing exhibition Translife raise age-old questions such as the alienation of man and new forms of life. Zhu Linyong reports.
Going with the flow
2011-08-16 17:25:45
White-collar workers find a traditional exercise helps them with the frustrations of city life.
Strike a pose, puppy
2011-08-16 17:24:09
Devoted parents of four-legged children wanting to spend some quality time with them now have a novel activity. And it gives the yoga term of "downward dog" a whole new meaning.
Fight gravity with 'antigravity' yoga
2011-08-17 16:28:05
"Antigravity" yoga makes use of hammocks to help practitioners gain greater flexibility, allowing for a wider range of yoga poses.
All smiles in Xi'an
2011-08-16 11:50:26
The ancient city of Xi'an defeated four other major Chinese cities in a recent survey of citizens' happiness levels.
Elvis Presley under water?
2011-08-16 11:49:46
A professional diver wearing an Elvis Presley attire poses inside an aquarium in Manila August 15, 2011.
Clinician skills still the best
2011-08-17 09:30:12
Examining patients and taking a medical history are more useful to hospital doctors in diagnosing patients than high-tech scans, according to a study from Israel.
Taking care of the little things
2011-08-16 11:42:12
Personal concierge services are helping new arrivals settle in faster.
Weekly photo: August 9-12
2011-08-16 11:41:31
Take a look at a digest of the world's cultural events from August 9-12.
From bookstores to museums
2011-08-16 11:33:07
At the end of July, Jifeng closed its branch bookstore at Raffles City, a mega shopping mall on People's Square in the heart of downtown Shanghai.
Bit by bit, the Web threatens printed word traditions
2011-08-16 11:30:40
The One Way Street Library has long attracted a cross section of Beijing's literary youth.