Gao Xianmei says she does not remember the date when she was diagnosed as HIV positive. There have been more important things to keep track of since that dark day, most of all, hiding it from others.
In its Nov 2 issue, Time Asia ran a profile of Han Han, calling him the "best-selling novelist, champion amateur race-car driver, wildly popular blogger and, as his self-consciously provocative antics at the track underlined, China's most media-savvy celebrity rebel".
Desiring an authentic taste of traditional Beijing, Barbara Aliguero, culture director at the Italian Embassy in Beijing, has opted for an old courtyard home with few modern luxuries. Her courtyard home is restored but not modernized.
International hotels and ski resorts are preparing for an influx of foreigners choosing to spend Christmas in Beijing this year.
Deng Xiaobing had been waiting for days for his new cell phone to arrive in the mail. According to the television show he called to order it, the phone was a high-tech model and a dead cert to impress his friends.
Ten years after he first exposed their deadly secret in 1999, Gui who blew the whistle on China's "AIDS villages" is still sneaking into rural communities in Shangcai, offering counseling to the dying.
In "Dwelling Narrowness," one of the main characters becomes the mistress of a government official in order to help repay her older sister's mortgage.
Hudong.com, the world's largest Chinese online encyclopedia, announced it has partnered with overseas Chinese websites as part of a strategy to expand its user base abroad.
Shou Zhenwei, a 28-year-old state-owned company employee in Beijing, paid 1.4 million yuan (US$205,000) for a two-bedroom apartment,a long-cherished dream.
The kungfu master never saw this punch coming.
"China's Most Valuable Brands List" was announced in New York on Wednesday, with 100 Chinese consumer brands making the cut.
Thirty foreign talents arewere honored with this year’s Qilu Friendship Award for their outstanding contribution to Shandong’s development.
Li Ruihuan, former chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, has donated a painting worth 27 million yuan ($4 million) to SangZi education fund in Tianjin to help more college students in poverty, China News Service reported yesterday.
TAIPEI: Tingyi (Caymen Islands) Holding Corp plans to raise as much as NT$17.1 billion ($532 million) in Taiwan depository receipts, the biggest offering by an overseas Taiwanese company returning to the island's stock market.
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