A cut above
2011-12-24 07:45:45
When Jiao Yan stumbled upon an online photo of pop singer Rihanna wearing a jumper she designed, she screamed to her colleagues: "Champagne! Champagne!"
Be of good cheer
2011-12-24 07:45:45
It's Christmas Eve and the New Year is around the corner. Color your evenings with some festive drinks that will definitely lift spirits. Pauline D. Loh turns bartender.
Reveries of Christmas - Chinese style
2011-12-23 09:08:50
Christmas with Chinese characteristics may bewilder purists, but it actually follows the pagan tradition of the holiday and is updated for the gilded age.
Online courses get high marks
2011-12-22 07:43:13
Following hot on the heels of overseas distance learning initiatives, the Ministry of Education is introducing online courses from China's universities.
Fighting talk
2011-12-22 07:43:13
Kungfu superstar Jet Li says acting is just a hobby now. He has seldom appeared in public to promote his films in the past three years.
Eat less and keep your mind young
2011-12-21 10:52:38
Eating less may keep the mind young, according to Italian scientists who discovered that a strict diet may save the brain from the ravages of age.
Paternal smoking linked to leukemia in children
2011-12-21 10:52:28
Children whose fathers smoked around the time of their conception have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing a type of leukemia, according to an Australian study.
White lies about the man in red
2011-12-21 07:57:02
As Christmas flies round again, some Chinese friends have asked me how we can justify lying to our children about the man in red.
A guide to the four C's for men with wives
2011-12-20 08:05:10
With Christmas coming soon and the early arrival of Chinese New Year just around the corner, it's time to whittle down your list.
Country in City
2011-12-19 11:00:37
China's mega-cities are bursting at the seams. The country is now undergoing the quickest and biggest urbanization in the history of mankind.
Fishmonger's stew
2011-12-20 11:20:05
A hearty one meal in a pot, with everything you love from the sea.
Yo, Pengyou!
2011-12-19 11:00:37
As a Chinese-American kid in San Marino, California, Allan Wu had no vision of himself as a bridge between his family's ancestral culture and its new one.