Homeless people in cities such as Shanghai are discovering new comforts in 24-hour fast-food restaurants.
China will surpass both the UK and Japan to be the world's second largest property investment market by 2011, DTZ said.
Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character.
Gary Coleman died after a fall at his home put him in a coma.
Eckart Loewe, a volunteer teacher from Germany, has spent more than 10 years with children from some small villages in China's Guangxi Province.
