Shaolin's kungfu strikes some as commercialized, but I get a kick out of it

2011-06-16 08:09:49

China's vast assortment of historic temples is enough to impress just about anyone.

Who nose what's beautiful when it comes to plastic surgery

2011-06-15 08:14:29

In the cozy beauty salon the masseuse casually asked me, "Can I touch your nose?" I was quite surprised but answered, "Of course!"

Why Daissy is a Colombian flower who helped me bloom in US

2011-06-14 08:05:35

"Try this on," Daissy Owen says, tossing another T-shirt over the WalMart changing room door.

A heavenly marriage is brought down to the ground

2011-06-10 07:56:44

It looked like a marriage made in heaven when celebrities Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung combined their star power and tied the knot five years ago.

Buyer beware of polyester pretending to be silk

2011-06-09 07:57:55

Hangzhou and Suzhou both call themselves the "Silk Capital of the World" and it is true their histories go back to the first little worms and their mulberry feasts.

Why must our children pay to just play?

2011-06-08 07:30:20

As smoke oozes out of a blazing window on the third floor, a team of tiny firefighters struggles to douse the blaze with their hoses.

My kid's ready for Grade 1, but where are the schools?

2011-06-07 08:12:05

There's always a "current topic" on the lips of parents and grandparents picking up children from the kindergarten gates.

Naked truths can pack a punch or stoke the stork

2011-06-03 08:13:52

"Unconfirmed rumors" say actor Nicholas Tse allegedly took a swing at actor Edison Chen during a recent encounter among Chen, Tse and Tse's wife, actress Cecilia Cheung.