Information game changer

2011-02-24 07:52:38

With more than 5 million articles, homegrown online encyclopedia Hudong.com is what Chinese netizens are accessing for their bits and bytes.

Dancing for life

2011-02-23 09:34:09

One Russian woman is charging ahead with a range of shared courses for parent and child that includes salsa, Kindermusik and global culture awareness.

A truth that's stranger than fiction

2011-02-23 07:46:10

A surprise blockbuster has put Chinese cinema's enfant terrible under the public microscope.

Composer's win takes Chinese soprano to the Grammys

2011-02-22 07:54:54

When the 35-year-old composer saw the first congratulatory e-mail, he was so excited that he went out and scored a hockey goal.

Her plays show the world's a stage

2011-02-22 07:54:54

Agatha Christie's grandson Mathew Prichard recalls that every book owned by students at the boarding school he attended required the headmaster's signature to ensure they were appropriate for children.

Daring to be different

2011-02-22 07:54:54

A TV competition shows Chinese fashion designers are as creative as their Western peers and equally willing to push the boundaries.

Mom finds joy in caring for kids with special needs

2011-02-21 07:44:34

Lara Peterson in Seattle says she enjoys each and every moment with her three daughters, all adopted from China, and all with special needs.

Teens carry message of hope to orphans

2011-02-21 07:44:34

For Tian Kisch, being a teen board member of Families with Children from China is more than a job to organize traditional Chinese events.

Secret to being a happy expat understanding differences

2011-02-18 08:15:59

Lisa Carducci has touched upon a core issue for most Western expats in China: How to live happily and meaningfully in the Middle Kingdom?

Breaking tradition

2011-02-18 10:18:23

Ambitious couple set up largest chain of TCM clinics throughout switzerland.

Pictures worth a thousand words

2011-02-17 08:02:02

Among the many stores on online shopping portal Taobao.com is "Baby Keyi", where all the products sold are photos of the girl.

Oldest barber lives on razor's edge

2011-02-16 10:23:12

This close-shave situation is merely the traditional way of getting groomed in China - that is, by a barber.