China Daily
Top News
Doctor Wang Yuntao goes digital for a close-up look at the patient's tongue. Photos by Katherine Rodriguez / for China Daily
Traditional Chinese Medicine is shedding its old, sometimes dingy approach and pulling in new fans with a very different profile. Belle Taylor pays a visit to some new-age practitioners of ancient cures.
Sunday News
The first national-level forum on ecological construction was held on Saturday in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province.
Sunday Special
The elevator glides noiselessly to the top floor of a 10-story residential building in Beijing's Sanyuanqiao area, and I step toward apartment number 1009 with the same anticipation I came with last week. I am hoping Master Liu Qing will beat me with a stick. Two sticks, in fact.
Sunday People
Joyce Poole has been a lifelong campaigner against the ivory trade and the killing of elephants that goes with it. Her fascination with the animal began at age 6, when her father moved the family from the United States to Kenya, and quickly grew when as a teenager she began to study their behavior.
Sunday Expat
Eric Chipman had heard of guzheng, or Chinese plucked zither, but it was not until he actually laid a hand on the instrument that it had an affect on him.
Sunday Image
Guizhou province is one of the most demographically diverse areas in the country. China Daily photographer Zou Hong gives you a glimpse of some of the province's folk handicrafts.
Sunday Sports
Cancer-stricken Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova quit on Friday to undergo further treatment for his illness, the president of the Spanish champion, Sandro Rosell, said.
Travel Special
China has many scenic spots and places of interest, leaving tourists split on where to go. Planet Travel, a "private travel butler service," recommends Inner Mongolia for those undecided travelers.
Sunday Life
The father knelt beside his hesitant daughter and gently encouraged her to set aside her fears and take a seat. "Don't worry," he whispered, "it's just a little kitty."
Lifestyle Trends
Cheap microelectronics are democratizing the world of blood alcohol measuring equipment. A field once dominated by $10,000 machines owned only by police departments is now filled with devices that cost as little as $30 and can hang from a key chain.
Science and Technology
JERUSALEM - Liat Negrin, an Israeli who has been visually impaired since childhood, walked into a grocery store here recently, picked up a can of vegetables and easily read its label using a simple and unobtrusive camera attached to her glasses.
Arts and Styles
The composer and saxophonist John Zorn, for decades one of the most prolific and polarizing figures in New York's downtown music scene, sat silently in the Guggenheim Museum atrium in June waiting for the start of a show in Zorn@60, a worldwide festival marking his 60th birthday.
Sunday Style
It was only a matter of time before the popularity of designer logos had to go out of style - a French exit, if you will - caused by the combination of slowing major economies and the abandonment of all things recognizably branded by the fashionable set. One house that never wavered in pursuing subtle luxury is London - based brand Smythson.
Sunday Food
With a history of more than 200 years, one of Italy's most prestigious wineries run by the Biondi-Santi family, is ready to embrace a larger presence in China.
Sunday Kaleidoscope
When rock musician Magtaal first laid eyes on the beauty of Guyuan county, Hebei province, he knew it would be the perfect place for a music festival, but getting people to travel to the location could be half the battle. Chen Nan reports.
Sunday Travel
The Great Wall was originally built as early as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) to keep barbarians out but for many foreigners, psychologically at least, it also keeps us penned in when taking weekend trips. That's a pity because there is an historic gem of a city, Chengde, a picturesque 250 kilometer journey north From Beijing in Hebei province. It was chosen by Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) emperors for its strategic location and its natural air-conditioning as their escape from Beijing's oven-like summers.
