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On the walls of Zhang Mucheng and Xu Dongying's house are photos depicting the old couple's happy moments. Zhang Dong / for China Daily
Many dream of finding everlasting love, but few have the tenacity to embrace it. Some crumple under the weight of child rearing, keeping home or getting along with in-laws. Others give up because of money issues, illness or the loss of the first throes of passion. One Shanghai couple went through all these - as well as a foreign invasion, civil war and "cultural revolution" (1966-76) - and is still together to tell the tale. Zhang Mucheng and Xu Dongying were married in October 1930, strangers going into a union arranged by their parents. Zhang doesn't remember much from their first meeting, he told local media, except for the impression that his bride "looked pretty short".
Sunday Digest
The heat-related death of a construction worker in Fuzhou, Fujian province, has raised concerns over protecting laborers on excessively hot days.
Sunday Special
Some Chinese couples are filing for divorce or getting married to exploit loopholes in the recent housing price control policies. And they are faking it.
Sunday People
Clad in a silver Alexander Wang dress and elaborate gold Ofira cuff bracelets, Wan Yingyu recently strolled down the catwalk in Cannes, surrounded by models, for an event organized by the Foundation for AIDS Research.
Sunday Expat
Holding a glass of red wine and wandering in the underground cellar packed with more than 1,600 oak barrels, Frenchman Bruno Paumard stops from time to time to sniff and sip. He touches the barrels gently, as if caressing his baby.
Sunday Image
June was a month of graduation ceremonies for most universities in China. Many also organized prom nights, a new trend in recent years.
Sunday Sports
Andy Murray will on Sunday again attempt to finally rid Britain of one of its most painful sporting millstones when he bids to become his country's first Wimbledon men's champion since 1936.
Sunday Life
It is best not to look too closely at Edvard Munch's screamer at the exhibition "The Art of the Brick" at Discovery Times Square in New York. Because then you would see that the head is pieced together out of beige and white Lego blocks, their studs protruding.
Lifestyle Trends
MILAN - The more I think about Miuccia Prada's spring men's show here in June, the more I think it's just viciously dead-on.
Science and Technology
Most men do not like condoms.
Arts and Styles
LOVELL, Maine - Rosie's General Store is the type of place where the town's 1,140 residents will stop in to buy lottery tickets, a loaf of bread or the special jumbo lobster roll. It's also the inspiration for the Sweetbriar Rose, a diner in Stephen King's 2009 opus about a small town cut off from the outside world by a mysterious and impenetrable dome.
Sunday Style
While many Chinese fashion labels are eager to venture into the world, some international fashion designers are eager to enter into China's market. Graeme Black is one of them. The British designer, who used to work with well-known labels like Giorgio Armani and Salvatore Ferragamo, is now the creative director of China's baby cashmere brand 1436. The label's founder and general manager Wang Zhen hired him in November 2011.
Sunday Food
Shanghai in summer is humid and hot. Halfway through a tour of the city's historic but elegant Jing'an district, we felt the need to get out of the searing sun and find a refuge where we can sit and chill, preferably with a cup of tea.
Sunday Kaleidoscope
Cannot get enough of 3-D movies? Try another way of experiencing the magical 3-D effect in the newly opened 3-D Fantastic Images House in Shanghai.
Sunday Travel
When I was a child I read the One Thousand and One Nights. Sindbad the Sailor was one of the stories. Every island he came across has its mysteries, weird animal or oddities. It is said that Malaysia and Indonesia inspired the people who wrote the tale. Immediately after discovering Kuala Lumpur, Sindbad came to mind. Although not far away from China, everything is different. Rimba Ilmu is the University of Malaya Botanical Garden and a delicious way to discover the incredible plants growing in Malaysian rainforest. It's easily reachable with the metro.
Charity Special
Chen Xu is busy but happy. After starting a mutual aid society called Dandelion in May, he is now able to help more disabled people in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.
