Lin Lei, 24, a graduate student in civil engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University, said his language skills really clicked once he enrolled in a course offered by the New Oriental Education and Technology Group.
Direct competition between private English schools and public universities does not exist, said Yao Yazhi, a lecturer of English at Beijing Jiaotong University.
It is still something of a surprise to see a man in a nail salon. But Zhou Xingyu, 31, has been a nailist for nearly a decade and is now a partner in a nail salon in Tuanjiehu area. He also works as a nail-art tutor at fashion schools and sometimes appears in fashion magazines such as Xinwei demonstrating the latest nail trends. Sitting at a table covered with nail kits and in front of a shelf full of colorful polishes, he massages a client's fingers, before creaming, smoothing and designing the nails. His dream is to have his own nailist training salons.
His shoe repair stand has been in place for 20 years
Suzhou native Chen Gang: Conventions can create new 'economic miracles'
Suzhou, a city with over 2,500 years of history, is expected to dazzle millions of visitors to the Shanghai Expo 2010 with its distinctive s ancient town and modern urban development.
Many cities around the world are striving to become the destination for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions or MICE, a buzz word in international exhibition circle.
Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), one of China's leading industrial zones and the top recipient of foreign capital for the past several years, has been named the nation's first National Business Tourism Demonstration Zone by the National Tourism Administration.
Following a spate of recent plastic surgery horror stories, surgeons are warning potential patients to use officially accredited hospitals instead of private beauty parlors.
About 40 luxury cars worth more than 150 million yuan have been sold at the Beijing auto show, which ends on Monday.
An auction house is banking on Chinese investors to pay towering prices for space in the world's tallest building.
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