2012-07-19One of the basics of Chinese cuisine is that no one flavor should dominate the dish but one should be able to savor all flavors with each mouth full.
2012-07-12Beijing's housing market perked up in early July, with home sales jumping to 8,862 units, 44 percent more than early June, according to official figures released on Thursday.
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2012-06-28One of the biggest events on the Beijing expatriates' sporting calendar, the Beijing Cricket Sixes, will swing into action for its fourth straight year at Dulwich College on Friday.
2012-06-23Ambassadors and diplomats are often invited to attend exhibitions, but in very rare cases they go to exhibitions with their own works.
2012-06-22When Caroline Deleens followed her father to Beijing for his posting with a large French company in 1995, she immediately fell for the capital's alluring cultural mix of old and new. "We could enjoy a local restaurant in a traditional hutong alleyway, and meanwhile appreciate the modern buildings coming up across the street. That was simply amazing," she says. Those were not merely the feelings of a Western tourist enraptured by her first trip to China. Deleens' reaction came from a deep familiarity with a cultural landscape of art and style needed for creativity to flourish. The Frenchwoman, now 35, decided this was the right place to be inspired, helping her become one of the first Westerners to start a fashion brand in China.
2012-06-14An apple, a yogurt, a chocolate bar and a sandwich- that has been my lunch every day since I switched from mother's milk to solid food.
2012-06-12China is indeed a land of opportunity, as Martha Makuena found out when she opened a hair salon for people of African origin, and she's now more comfortable here than at home.
2012-06-07Mom-and-baby yoga classes, featuring such poses as 'tickling baby' and 'flying mommy', are taking off in the capital.
2012-06-07Editor's note: After the launch of Beijing's campaign against the illegal entry and employment of foreigners on May 15, China Daily submitted a request to follow exit-entry officers carrying out their duties in areas with a large presence of expatriates. This is the first in a series of stories on the subject.
2012-06-07The other day my friends Keiko and Oliver were having a barbecue in the handkerchief-sized courtyard of their siheyuan home, in a hutong off Beijing's Dongzhimennei Dajie.
2012-06-04Strolling around the Temple of Heaven with a walking stick in one hand and a camera in the other, Nicholas Platt, 76, doesn't look that much different from the other foreign visitors.
2012-04-28The Victoria Beckham road show stopped off in Beijing earlier this week and predictably caused a stir. The designer, former Spice Girls singer and wife of soccer icon David Beckham, was here to promote her redesign of the Range Rover at Beijing Auto Show and take a look around the capital city.
2012-04-27Few other things get Chino Martinez more animated than his chickens and organic farming.
2012-04-20Briton's work extends long-time affinity with China.
