When I was working in Manhattan as a management consultant (this was years before "bailout" and "financial crisis" entered into quotidian small talk), swanky restaurants and elaborate dinners were part of the regular "team-building" and "client meeting" routines.
At the beginning of the new year, it seems all my friends are busy changing their lives: one has worked in a bank for a year but is trying to quit and study abroad; another in a public institution is going to travel around the country; others are busy with another round of job interviews after they have only worked for one or two years.
Avatar has taken the shine off Chinese blockbusters. The movie soon swept the world to earn $1.1 billion. But Chinese film makers only made 6.2 billion yuan after using all kinds of marketing tricks.
Speciality meats are the order of the day for Astral, the most 'authentic' Australian restaurant in town
Recently opened as a sequel to the Let's Burger restaurant in the Sanlitun area's Nali Patio, Let's Seafood is a great place to find big portions of seafood cooked to perfection, though prices can be equally big.
Check out which fish and sushi have the most nutrition, have the least environmental contaminants and are the most likely to support sustainability at the Environmental Defense Fund's website (edf.org) and search for "seafood selector".
Ten months after buying a new bike, Wang Zhi gave up and put his gleaming ride up for sale.
Only one of the city's bike rental agencies will have the chance to rescue itself from the low-profit winter, as part of Beijing's comprehensive plan to ease traffic congestion.
Corruption and bribery cases involving officials connected to major engineering projects have grown by 31 percent annually since 2006, a top anti-corruption official with the city said.
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