Focus
Eyeing the goal in European football
2016-06-03 08:18
Chinese investors are making unprecedented inroads into professional football in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
Suning said to be close to club deal
2016-06-03 08:18
China's Suning Commerce Group was expected to be near the end of discussions with Italian football club Inter Milan, according to Italian media reports.
Chinese cash for overseas teams 'helps build bridges'
2016-06-03 08:18
China's ambitious investment in professional football overseas is likely to pay off at home with a boost in the domestic game, thanks to expertise gained from being close to the action in well-established foreign clubs, industry insiders say.
Manila has no leg to stand on
2016-05-20 08:21
Why the Philippines' unilateral initiation of the arbitration case violates international law
Spiritual guides or charlatans?
2015-12-18 08:37
If you have fame and fortune, what more do you need? It turns out that many are in need of a personal religious counselor.
Abreast of controversy
2015-12-11 08:20
A young woman breast-fed her baby on the Beijing subway. Another young woman thought it "uncivilized", snapped a photo and posted it online. A website carried it, criticizing the nursing mother for "exposing a sex organ in public".
Reunion reckoning
2015-12-04 08:28
I was not yet 16 when I first met them, and in the four ensuing years they became the elder sisters and brothers I never had.
Adaptation frenzy
2015-11-27 08:01
It is not every day that an English acronym coined in a non-English-speaking country catches on - at least in that territory.
A fateful knock on the door
2015-11-20 08:13
The flow of culture is often amorphous. It is very difficult to trace the cloud-like drifting of a foreign cultural influence, especially during times of upheaval. But there are moments and figures that stand out, like signposts, pointing to a trend larger than themselves.
State of health
2015-11-13 08:15
Richard Horton has had a key role in explaining China's health sector to the world, through the pages of his magazine.
Young champion takes time with her moves
2015-11-13 08:15
When Hou Yifan won the women's World Chess Championship at the age of 16, she became the youngest competitor to do so. That was in 2010, and in August last year she made it into the rankings of the top 100 players of the World Chess Federation, the only woman on the list.
Sun sees new dawn for Chinese soccer
2015-10-30 07:34
Sun Jihai, the first Chinese soccer player to score in the English Premier League, believes a new national plan to develop soccer in China could restore the fortunes of the game in the country.
US 'erred in leaving China on sidelines'
2015-10-23 08:10
Fokke Obbema, a Dutch journalist and author of China and the West, has criticized United States President Barack Obama for trying to contain China, which he believes has been fulfilling its global responsibilities appropriately.
Planters' punch
2015-10-16 08:16
In April, when a sandstorm - the strongest in more than a decade in China - raged through the country's northern parts, two men says they felt little of it.
He targets counterfeit goods for profit
2015-10-16 08:16
Wang Hai says he shies away from family gatherings, and wears sunglasses as often as possible.
'Red articles' continue to shine in modern era
2015-10-09 07:24
Grateful that his tuition was waived by the government so he could attend primary and secondary school, Zhang has been collecting Mao memorabilia since he was a teenager.
First lady adds charming edge to diplomacy
2015-10-09 07:24
Fragrant taste added to land of her birth
2015-10-02 09:44
Chinese food has never ceased to fascinate Natalie Wheen, an old China hand who was born in Shanghai and grew up on Chinese food but rarely visited the country since leaving for Britain in 1957.
Look who's cooking
2015-10-02 09:44
One might expect a nuclear engineer with a love of cooking to focus on the science-heavy techniques known as molecular gastronomy, but Filippo Fiori's passion is for the traditional cuisine of his native Italy.
E-paper
We will not give up search, Li vows
International hunt for missing airliner continues after fruitless six-day search
Challenging times forecast as growth falls
IMF: China has pivotal role in 2016 economy
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