Wedding venue scalping on rise in Shanghai
2008-06-24 17:08:18
Jiang Weitao and his fiancee are considering changing their wedding date. Their dilemma is the lack of available banquet venues.
'Smiling faces' mark Olympic Day
2008-06-23 14:41:02
Students glue drawings of their "smiling faces" to a large image of the five Olympic rings on a school playground in Huaibei, Anhui Province, June 22, as part of Olympic Day celebrations. Monday marks the Olympic Day – the day the International Olympic Committee was founded.
Gay marriage surges in California
2008-06-18 09:07:45
Newlyweds Sharon Papo and Amber Weiss walk through City Hall after exchanging wedding vows.
It's a bling-bling thing
2008-05-29 11:24:14
With summer approaching, city dwellers should adopt a shining, colorful and powerful look. Bling-bling is the best choice. By introducing new products to you in the past, here we find that trends have entered and affected every aspect of your life. So, don't fight the feeling, be good to yourself and enjoy who you are by bringing out the bling.
What's the label for this season?
2008-06-04 10:32:20
Believe it or not, there are women out there who did not and do not watchSex and the City. Not during its six-season run from 1998 to 2004, nor in the subsequent four years it has been available on DVD.
Super-duper Super Girl
2008-06-03 11:52:28
Though wildly popular, the Idol singing competitions in the West are viewed with much skepticism. Despite showing talent and having a large fan base, participants often find themselves pigeonholed. Critics claim that the competition offers an easy shortcut to stardom, and calls for neither talent nor hard work.
Almost famous
2008-06-02 16:57:35
A veteran New York theater teacher stands next to a young man on a TV production set in Beijing while texting his friends on his cell phone.
Adding more color to your 'balanced' diet
2008-06-02 10:29:36
David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, publishedWhat Color Is Your Diet?last year. Its Chinese edition, due later this year, looks set to challenge the country's millenia-old dining habits.Believe it or not, foods of different colors can take special care of different parts of your body. To know more details, read on.
Worker's word on office food
2008-05-30 10:43:40
Getting a bad case of the munchies while in the office can be an embarrassing problem. Here we talk with several workers to find out how they deal with the in-cubicle desire to dine.Let eat hard and work hard. Go and look at what these self-proclaimed office gourmets say about dining and snacking in the one-square-meter cubicle.
Inner Mongolia's blue city of temples
2008-05-26 10:15:53
Hohhot, which means the "blue city" in Mongolian, is also known as the city of temples for its dozens of places of worship. A local Hohhot saying goes, "There are eight big temples, seven small temples and 55 simple temples in Hohhot."
The big cheese
2008-06-12 11:02:45
Just five years ago, Dutchman Marc de Ruiter watched dairy farmers in rural Shanxi province dump their milk on the streets. Back in 2003, the commodity suffered from market saturation, underdeveloped transportation and weak demand nationwide.
Tote fashion goes green
2008-06-11 09:47:22
"I'm not green, but I could be," reads one. Others have similar messages printed on them, "My Bag", "Use Me and Re-use Me". Since the Chinese government issued its June 1 ban on free plastic bag handouts, retailers in China have found themselves in the midst of a "green" phenomenon.They're anxious to turn fashion-conscious customers into eco-aware shoppers.