In the service of the gods
2011-06-02 08:02:28
Penpa is up at 6 am. Shivering in the icy morning winds in Lhasa, the 16-year-old lama cocoons himself in a baggy crimson sports sweater.
All that glitters is silver
2011-05-31 07:40:39
It's boom time for a small village of 1,200 families in Yunnan province, thanks to its skilled noble metal craftsmen.
A marriage made in the city park
2011-05-30 07:52:27
Shanghai's middle-aged parents are flocking to People's Park at the weekends to advertise information of their grown sons and daughters in hopes of finding them a life partner.
Tying the knot
2011-05-27 11:00:01
Danish couple's high-end macrame export business takes off in the mountains of Yunnan.
You’ve got mail
2011-05-26 07:58:09
As a postal worker in her mountain-locked hometown in southwestern China, Nyima Lamo never imagined she would one day end up in Bern, Switzerland.
Pedal power
2011-05-26 07:58:09
Li Rui, a 26-year-old working for a media company, was hardly surprised when her friend told her about the "dramatic?
Flower power
2011-05-24 07:54:45
Blooms from the nation's floriculture hub in Yunnan seldom reach major consumption areas such as Western Europe or North America, and the main reason for this is logistics.
Great expectations
2011-05-20 10:55:51
Hong Kong-born singer songwriter rises to the top of the UK pops.
'Game-changer' in fight against AIDS
2011-05-18 08:24:05
A new study on heterosexual couples appears to show that individuals with HIV who take antiretroviral drugs significantly reduce the likelihood of infecting their partners.
A bitter pill to swallow
2011-05-17 07:52:54
Uneasy traditional medicine practitioners see light at end of tunnel in new UK regulations.
Face of war looks back, years later
2011-05-15 08:00:35
Samar Hassan had never glimpsed the photograph of her that millions had seen, never knew it had become one of the most famous images of the Iraq war.
Body of work
2011-05-13 11:32:04
Expert smash repair mechanic Joakim Gorsberg has more than enough to do in a city of 4.5 million automobiles and a legion of new drivers.