Taxi drivers, it's time to shape up
2010-01-19 09:54:35
In this freezing winter, most of my friends prefer to take taxis - they call it more convenient and comfortable.
The long-awaited Little Yao
2010-01-19 09:46:56
I have to hand it to the giant from Shanghai ... he certainly knows how to stay in the news. First, he buys his hometown CBA team - the Shanghai Sharks - and now the Web is ablaze with news of his pregnant wife.
Play continues at elite unregistered preschool
2010-01-19 09:29:41
Business continued as usual yesterday at a mini kindergarten inside one of Beijing's diplomatic compounds following newspaper reports that claimed the private facility was unlicensed and illegal.
Blaze at unlicensed kindergarten kills infant
2010-01-19 09:26:36
The death of a toddler in a fire at an unlicensed kindergarten in Chaoyang district on Sunday has triggered social concerns about the safety of education institutes in Beijing.
Written in the stars
2010-01-19 09:26:26
Modern-day astrologers are more concerned with counseling and making people happy, rather than predicting their futures.
Lessons from Pandora's Ministry of Propaganda
2010-01-19 09:17:50
It was truly a case of, "I came, I WAS seen, and I conquered". The lines of people waiting outside Chinese cinemas to see Avatar were amazing.
Tea scams brewing in city's largest marketplace
2010-01-19 09:14:35
Vendors 'reap huge profits' by selling substandard goods at Maliandao
UK store offers gift list to celebrate divorce
2010-01-19 08:56:35
A British department store chain has created a gift list for those wishing to help a loved one with the pain...and party atmosphere of modern divorce.
Just in jest
2010-01-15 10:32:01
A humorous column in the paper this week has caused ructions, begging the question: Why do foreigners always take us so seriously?
Prince William wins plaudits on first solo official tour
2010-01-18 14:51:44
Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, was hailed as a "man of the people" in New Zealand during his first official overseas trip which also sparked some protests by pro-republicans.
Taiwan sculptor cuts tiger down to size
2010-01-18 13:53:40
A Taiwanese man has tamed the tiger, shrinking the Chinese zodiac animal into a sculpture smaller than a grain of rice that's fully visible only through a magnifying glass.