China reaches out to Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA - China is willing to import more marketable products from Ethiopia and encourage greater investment in Ethiopia by competitive and reputable Chinese companies, senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin said during a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Jan 28 in the National Palace.

Human rights report flawed by omissions and bias

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Beijing Weekend Guide

Looking forward

Henry Kissinger has been right about China countless times. The elder statesman tells Cang Lide where Sino-US relations are heading.

Wine expert from Oz visits Shanghai

World scene

Local knowledge

As China's Spring Festival gets into full swing, Miroslav Kolesar has a lot on his plate, and it's not just dumplings or some other Chinese New Year fare. Kolesar, chief representative in China of PPF Group, a Czech financial and investment company, has been traveling across the country three days a week paying courtesy visits to local government officials to thank them for their support over the past year and looking for suggestions for his company in the year to come. With PPF Group, communicating with governments is Kolesar's main job, a task fraught with difficulties for a foreigner.

Ex-US president sends wishes for the New Year

Ali Turns 70

Long before his dazzling footwork and punching prowess made him a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion known as Muhammad Ali, a young Cassius Clay honed his skills by sparring with neighborhood friends and running alongside the bus on the way to school.

James, Wade lead Heat over Knicks

MIAMI - The New York Knicks, they were all about the 3s. The Miami Heat, they welcomed back No 3.

Score Board

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Victorious Victoria

WTA tour world no 1s

Young Asian players on rise, but gap remains

Zheng aims at Pole position

Where the iPhone work went

Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured in other countries.

Splurging on designer lipstick

Lessons learned from the polar ice

When injuries to the brain tear at the heart

Contrary to conventional wisdom, marriages can survive after a spouse suffers a brain injury and the personality changes that often go with it. But that is not to say these marriages will be happy.

Searching for biofuel in mounds of manure

Shapes of pasta as math equations

Defending world's greatest sites

World Heritage is big business, bringing hordes of tourists to poor countries. It can also overwhelm the very sites it is designed to protect, with chain hotels and restaurants and thousands of feet treading on fragile ground.

Zombies capture the minds of poets

Couples take up metallurgy to express their love

Land carvings reveal Amazon's 'lost world'

RIO BRANCO, Brazil - The deforestation that has stripped the Amazon since the 1970s has also exposed stunning archaeological discoveries underneath the thick rain forest: flawlessly designed geometric shapes spanning hundreds of meters in diameter that are 1,000 to 2,000 years old.

Toy magic!

For a great number of parents when they first arrive in Hong Kong, the abundance of cheap toys available for sale can be overwhelming.

Sustainable, with gusto

'We got inspired by a visit to the organic farm and tasting the great ham from the little black pigs of Yunnan," says executive chef Christian Hoffman.

Frog in the Palace

Cho Hyun-hae is the perfect ajumma. Yes, she is middle-aged and yes, she is married, as the term ajumma implies. She is also hip, fun and passionate about art and food.

Dashing through the snow - again

Tribute to the greatest dancer

City guide

Bayou Bliss

The first thing you'll notice upon arriving in New Orleans are the beads. Beads hanging from telephone wires, beads thrown by drunken revelers from the balconies of the Bourbon Street bars, beads lining the walls of tiny shops in the French Quarter. Beads scattered everywhere.