It is already beginning to look like Christmas at Beijing's giant Liangma Flower Market, where Merry Christmas gift bags and stockings, toys, lights, Santa candles and painted wooden angels are filling shelves upstairs from the first-floor plant displays.
My two sets of "parents" were about to meet for the first time.
It was as part of the Guangxi Film Studio "youth team" that Zhang Yimou found his feet as a filmmaker. The rest is history.
A few people have written to me lately and said: "You must be a great chef!"
Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting? Autumn in New York. It spells the thrill of first-nighting Autumn in New York, it's good to live it again.
A rising divorce rate among young Chinese is producing a surprising outcome. It is teaching the 'Me Generation?the virtues of considered decisions.
Despite increasing mechanization, life in the cold, dank, dark interiors of a coal mine remains as tough as ever. Lan Tian and Sun Ruisheng report
Tired of hotel chains with decor or and facilities that vary little from city to city? Try the little inns with individual character and color. Shi Yingying shows off a few of Shanghai's more unique bed-and-breakfast places.
The director's latest martial arts flick, starring a Tang Dynasty Sherlock Holmes character, is all set to take theaters by storm. Liu Wei reports
Lake crabs, river crabs, salt-water crabs? They are getting prime space at the seafood stalls right now.
Hong Kong celebrity couple Jordan Chan and Cherrie Ying has shot a series of wedding photos featuring 1960's military reform.
Child obesity can only be addressed through lifestyle changes.