When China says jump we need to ask, how high?
2011-10-25 08:01:22
At the first university I taught at in China I used to discuss with my students what the campus would be like if every teacher started driving a car to class.
Night owls gear up
2011-10-25 08:01:22
A group of enthusiastic cyclists, that calls itself "Green Power", meets twice a week in the evenings to pedal around Olympic Forest Park.
Getting people to take responsibility is like a form of water torture
2011-10-25 08:01:22
Back in the 1950s, American kids would regularly race to their TVs to watch the latest Flash Gordon episode.
Sex & the city
2011-10-25 08:01:22
Sam Voutas' festival film Red Light Revolution looks behind the red lights and into the sex shops.
An Australian retraces route of Long March
2011-10-24 07:58:57
In 2005, grief-stricken Australian photographer Catherine Croll traveled to Guangzhou in a bid to come to terms with the loss of two family members.
Apps for tots
2011-10-24 07:58:57
Smartphones and tablet computers are becoming popular tools of preschool education and companies designing suitable educational applications have been quick to cash in.
Patting the cats
2011-10-23 07:50:05
'Abnormal reaction' and talent for 'shoveling poo' takes animal-show host to stardom.
UK Internet entrepreneur shares his business tips
2011-10-23 07:50:05
In China, where online purchases account for one out of every 20 retail sales - and is expected to quadruple in 2015 - how can online vendors maintain an edge?
Tree. House. Style.
2011-10-23 08:03:54
Lawyer-turned-furniture-designer Nicole Wakley has a home farm in Australia's New South Wales, but she is also creating a sustainable children's furniture collection for the Tree label.
Nuns on the run raising funds
2011-10-23 08:04:20
The sight of 46 nuns running across Beijing is not a common sight. A sector of society who keeps a low profile, not least because of their sex, many nuns doing charitable work have little public presence. However, last week these women from around the country ran in the Beijing Marathon, taking to the capital's streets in a bid to raise money for 14 projects in China's countryside.
Release the culture genie
2011-10-21 08:07:18
To thrive Chinese culture needs much more than a favorable regulatory or financial framework.