Am I addicted to smartphone?

2014-03-20 07:29:28

I think my iPhone has destroyed my brain. I really do. I used to listen in meetings; now I browse the Internet. I don't text people using proper sentences anymore; I use ugly contractions such as "def" or "prob", and that's when I'm not resorting to smiley faces and winks.

How much can a lavender bear?

2014-03-17 15:26:42

"Bobbie", the lavender coloured bear heat pack filled with dry lavender seeds and wheat from Bridestowe Lavender Estate has become a popular "must have" item in China.

Window into a new kind of reality

2014-03-16 08:09:37

For painter and art educator Martin Wehmer, his turning point came in 2008, the year when he came to Beijing as a resident artist with an art grant from Switzerland.

Game mash-up fails to hit the mark

2014-03-15 08:06:12

When two of the best franchises of video games and geekdom merge, greatness is the expected outcome. However, sadly for Shin Gundam Musou, that is not the case.

Real Toy Story on show

2014-02-09 08:40:31

About 20,000 used plastic toys have taken up a whole wall of K11 Art Mall, a shopping mall in Shanghai with abundant luxury brands and artistic works on display.

Shanghai hosts new charity park

2014-02-06 08:19:48

A newly opened office park in Shanghai for NGOs and social enterprises is designed to improve the city's social welfare services while boosting the public's enthusiasm for charitable giving.

Children's way to welcome Year of Horse

2014-02-01 10:51:59

The Spring Festival this year marks the beginning of the Year of the Horse, according to the Chinese zodiac that assigns one of 12 animals, either real or mythological, to each year.

Seasonal flu prevention tips

2014-01-24 13:47:49

Flu season arrives during the coldest months of the year and is never easy to cure. However, a few simple tips may help you keep the flu at bay.

Shopping for Lunar New Year

2014-01-24 16:53:13

China’s progress in the last 30 years is most noticeable when it comes to food on the table.

Alone together

2014-01-25 10:31:01

The paradox of having instant communication tools and constant connectivity lies in its subversive function of inserting distances between those near and dear.

When the crowd bays for blood

2014-01-18 08:01:03

China's most eminent filmmaker has become a victim - of a lynch mob that carries the banner of equality more than of a national policy whose implementation is constantly fine-tuned.

Festive mood grows at Singapore's Chinatown

2014-01-12 14:19:02

Performers perform the Malay horse dance at the Singapore's Chinatown Lunar New Year light up ceremony held by Singapore's Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens' Consultative Committee.