Bottoms up for ten tables of wine from Australia
2010-07-05 09:44:25
Beijing played host to 10 outstanding Australian regional winemakers on Friday in a special event at J & E Mansion, near Chaoyang Park.
Summer life is a bowl of cherries
2010-07-02 10:35:17
Cherries are now in season, one of the first fruits to appear after this long and snowy winter in Beijing. The bright magenta red cherries and the golden yellow skin are as beautiful and alluring as glossy adverts for nail polish and lipstick in the pages of fashion magazines.
Hot to trot this summer
2010-07-01 15:06:47
The words of the Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw highlight the important place shoes have in the lives of women: "Love may be gone, but shoes will stay."
Office staff waltz their stress away
2010-06-30 10:23:25
White collar workers take up classical dancing as a new way to socialize.
Beijing's best bartender on the ball all year round
2010-06-30 10:12:00
The universe might turn its focus to the World Cup every four years, but for some, football is a way of life. And to watch the sport all day is the dream of many diehard fans.
Everything is Greek at Argo
2010-06-25 09:55:30
For Beijingers looking to embark on a voyage of culinary delight, it's time to dine at Argo, one of Beijing's newest Greek restaurants.
When skateboarding rolled into Beijing
2010-06-24 09:48:34
Gleaming the Cube was first screened in China in the late 1980s. The stylish action of the skateboarding movie caught the gaze of film fanatics and quickly created a fad among Chinese teenagers.
Cool sport on rapid ascent
2010-06-24 09:34:18
Ice climbers discover sheer delight inside a Beijing store.
Overseas schools lure pool of students
2010-06-22 09:47:58
The curtains have closed on the annual make-or-break national university entrance examination but the fight for talent has just begun. Over the weekend, some 160 universities and educational institutions from more than 20 countries flocked to the Beijing International Expo to compete for Chinese high school graduates. Some brought "gifts" with them.
Auto whiz returns to Beijing to change gear
2010-06-22 08:13:01
When Cai Wei was appointed energy consultant to Frank O'Bannon, the late governor of the US state of Indiana, and when he won accolades from his fellow auto parts suppliers, he felt something was missing.
Life in the shadows
2010-06-21 07:58:29
On a white shadow wall of translucent canvas, the Monkey King was fighting with Princess Iron Fan and her husband, the Ox King. Their dazzling kungfu captivated the audience. Suddenly the classic scene from the novel Journey to the West changed tone and, to the accompaniment of stirring Spanish music, the Monkey King became a bullfighter, holding a red cloth in front of the Ox King.