China

Snow in Beijing

Business

Opening-up to continue

Life

Culture festival held in E China
  • Enter the dragon babies

    A boom in births accompanies the Year of the Dragon's arrival - as do shortages created by the surge.

  • Cold comfort when it comes to the sneezes

    The passenger two rows in front of me craned his neck and flashed me the "drop dead" stare, and with that I clinched the most hated person title on the 14-hour flight to Shanghai.

  • Bottled up passion

    A perfume container collector believes love and fate fuel his obsession.

Culture

'Cats' played in Vienna
  • The write stuff

    Li Tusheng is multitalented but his calligraphy works are particularly valued, and his latest 10-volume book was 10 years in the making.

  • Threads of life

    Father-and-daughter team helps keep ethnic art alive for future generations.

Entertainment

Madonna promotes Super Bowl show

Sport

Arsenal can't seem to win, but Wenger's not giving up

Spirit master is toast of the town

26-year-old has spent 10 years tasting and blending the pungent drink.

On high ground

Mountain attractions take Chinese beauty to new heights.

Dual track

Music man hears the sounds from two continents.

Back in the race

US-born TV host who was once lost for words found his voice in China.

War of words set for showdown

Famous writer sues blogger known for exposing fraud.

Guess work

Ancient Chinese word game infused with essence of culture continues to delight in modern times.

The good old days

Popular Chinese movie recalls beautiful memories of youth.

BRIC lawyer proud of his work

Economist sees future and leaves mark on language.

Russia, China veto Syria draft resolution

The draft resolution, backed by the United States and European powers, received 13 votes in favor.

Rise of Asia signals greater balance

The rise of Asia represents greater balance in the international power structure.

Iran calls on EU to review decisions

Iran on Saturday called on the EU to review its decision on sanctioning Iran's oil exports.

US unemployment rate down to 8.3%

The US unemployment rate edged down to 8.3 percent last month from 8.5 percent in Dec 2011.

China-US

Bringing the big beef East

US

Romney wins Nevada Republican caucuses

World

Deadly freeze continues

Opinion

Facebook IPO
  • Integrate to grow, innovate to prosper

    Russia has taken over the rotating chair of the APEC forum in 2012 and will host this year's APEC Leaders' Week in Vladivostok.

  • Cultivating the cross-Straits generation

    This year's election in Taiwan on Jan 14 came during a critical period of political and economic changes for the Asia-Pacific region.

  • High-tech edge is needed

    Given that there is not too much space for boosting the growth of its middle- and low-end manufacturing, China should try to press for the transition to high-end manufacturing.

Travel

Dog sled race
  • This guy's a real mensch

    'In the city I never thought I'd visit, I found a place I didn't want to leave,' Matt Gross, writing for The New York Times, tells us after finding delight in Jerusalem.

  • Seeds of sweet fragrance

    November has been the busiest season for members of Zhangshan village, in Zhejiang province's Songyang county.

  • The merry monk of Hangzhou

    Murals depicting the life story of a somewhat eccentric but immensely-adorable ascetic who lived in the Southern Song Dynasty now adorn the walls of the famed Lingyin Temple.

Odd News

USA Weekly

One town's indomitable spirit

More than half the population of remote Maotai produces the legendary national liquor of China.

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