Click, click, click, it's Russian roulette online

2010-03-03 08:50:48

It could be anywhere and it could be anyone doing the most mundane or freaky things, on Chatroulette, which is a live feed into the homes and minds of the world's netizens.

Wall Street is alive with the sound of ... Chopin?

2010-03-02 14:32:03

Wall Street might not seem like the obvious location for a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of romantic composer Frederic Chopin, but it's the venue this week for 200 hours of Chopin performances by an eclectic line-up of pianists.

Tanks a lot...

2010-03-02 14:23:34

About 100 modern Russian tanks have been discovered abandoned on the side of a road in the country's Ural mountains, footage published Saturday by websites showed.

Fireworks fixation flickers long past New Year's holiday

2010-03-02 14:00:00

The weekslong holiday encompassing Chinese New Year has now concluded.

My doc bleeds me dry

2010-03-02 13:56:31

I love being rich. Not just normal rich, but the kind of crazy rich that groups me with billionaire madmen buying foolish girls at expensive parties.

Delivery in Hong Kong still popular

2010-03-02 13:54:37

Mainlanders once again flock south to give birth after restrictions lifted.

Male grads given edge in job recruitment

2010-03-02 13:53:11

Male graduates get preferential treatment in their hunt for jobs, with a full nine percentage points more male university seniors having landed positions than their female counterparts as of the end of February.

Sports brand's futuristic look

2010-03-02 07:56:38

When Beijing shopper Qian Jiatun recently visited the adidas Flagship Store in Sanlitun Village, Beijing, he found people dressed like Darth Vader and Stormtrooper striking poses for the visitors.

Return of the native

2010-03-02 07:56:38

A landlocked county's overseas Chinese can't wait to return home, whether to retire, for business or for educating their children. Lin Shujuan reports

Bones, not bamboo, sate wild panda's appetite

2010-03-01 16:59:44

Hunger drove a wild panda to break into a Chinese farmer's pig pen and eat their food, which was meat and bone, rather than bamboo.

Living with the locals

2010-03-01 13:12:19

Historically, very few Westerners in China have lived among ordinary Chinese people. In old China, most of them resided in exclusive foreign concessions and interacted only with their servants and Chinese officials.

'Boring' tax forms are overlooked by majority

2010-03-01 13:09:59

Most Beijingers are ignoring rules that call for those who earn more than 120,000 yuan a year to complete a self-declaration tax form.