Rehabilitation for prison and inmates
2011-07-31 08:28:59
At least two prime ministers have spent a few nights behind its high walls.
Tainted beef spreads in Japan
2011-07-31 08:23:46
Japanese agricultural officials say meat from more than 500 cattle that was likely contaminated with radioactive cesium has made its way to supermarkets and restaurants across the country.
Peer pressure
2011-08-01 08:14:56
Like most intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Sichuan province's Emei city, Tong Xiaolin had no idea what heroin was when she started using it in 1992.
Class acts
2011-07-28 08:02:21
This year's National Teacher of the Year from the United States finds out that educators on both sides have similar goals.
On the other side of the planet, they find another world
2011-07-28 08:02:21
American Mark Watson is discovering a very different China from the one his grandfather experienced as a US naval officer in the late 1950s.
Spirit of joy
2011-07-20 07:56:56
Tibetans celebrate the 60th anniversary of the region's peaceful liberation with a grand parade in front of Potala Palace on Tuesday.
Sweet sounds return
2011-07-19 07:55:19
When Wong's career started in Hong Kong in 1994, her cover of The Cranberries' song Dreams made people see her as a pioneering singer.
Giving life a second chance
2011-07-19 07:55:19
How would you get rid of unwanted things that still have many years of use left in them? A) Give them to a friend; b) Sell them online; or c) Leave them for the garbage collector? Hayley Robinson and her husband, Beijing residents from Britain, who used their clothes washer/dryer to wash their newborn son's cloth diapers before switching to disposable ones, decided to offer it to strangers on Freecycle Beijing, an online community that advocates giving away things one no longer wants.
Giving weight to words
2011-07-18 14:07:52
Just when all language seemed to be going the way of Twitter and text message shorthand, a backlash to brevity is brewing.
