The future is bright, the future is blue

2011-12-14 07:57:36

There have been a lot of blue-sky days recently and even the homepage of my Gmail account has been sunny and bright.

Christmas came much too early this year for me

2011-12-13 07:41:05

One afternoon in November, I was strolling through a supermarket in Beijing on a quick errand.

Visualizing cinemas' future

2011-12-13 07:41:05

A cinema designer discusses the movie theaters of tomorrow, which should create as much aesthetic appeal as the films viewed in them.

Planting roots in Shanghai

2011-12-12 10:05:29

Three Gorges Dam project migrants were advised to 'relocate first, live steadily and then get rich'. And this is what they are doing.

The big cheese

2011-12-11 07:50:28

Chinese pioneer finds that French-style curds please expat palates.

Texan tracks cellphone's impact on China's migrants

2011-12-11 07:50:28

The cell phone have changed the world, as Wallis documented over the last decade as her work took her from poor, rural parts of China to the capital.

Canine therapy

2011-12-11 07:49:44

They are retired, their children grown and flown, and they have little to occupy their time.

Sugar & Spice & Everything nice

2011-12-10 08:19:44

Gingerbread warms the heart, soul and tummy.

Small, but standing tall

2011-12-09 10:44:18

Like many "little people", newlyweds Pan Xiaoming and Lu Jiarui have had to overcome some big obstacles.

Against the wall

2011-12-09 10:43:57

The country's social ladder has much to do with its physical partitions. In China, the main unit may well be the danwei.

Santa Claus is coming to town

2011-12-08 06:42:15

You better Watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout i'm tellin' you why...

Sitting on a gold mine

2011-12-07 10:41:01

Jiangjia village is a model of prosperity, but residents realize there will be a day when the mines that made them rich are spent.