Brand builder
2011-08-19 10:56:09
A veteran academic keen to push one of China's best business schools onto the world stage.
Three Chinese films to compete for Golden Lion
2011-08-19 07:58:50
While no Chinese film has been entered in the competition section of the Cannes International Film Festival this summer, there will be three competitors for the Golden Lion.
Flying the tcm flag
2011-08-19 07:58:50
A small border town is home to Europe's flagship clinic for traditional Chinese medicine.
Choking to death
2011-08-19 07:58:50
A comedy writer encounters a military officer who has just returned from the battleground, with one eye covered by a patch.
It doesn't matter if it's black or white at a funeral
2011-08-18 08:14:53
I attended an elderly American's funeral with my Japanese friend Taro Yamada in late 2008. He died peacefully in his 90s.
Addicted to Tian'anmen
2011-08-18 08:14:53
A PLA soldier, who can't get enough of Tian'anmen rostrum, has built up a massive collection of photos, books and even products carrying its image.
Dream merchants
2011-08-18 08:14:53
Cram schools and camps offering golf, riding lessons and adventure at exotic locales are drawing an enthusiastic response.
The making of a kungfu star
2011-08-18 08:14:53
Actor-turned-producer Daniel Wu promises that Chinese cinema's next martial arts hero will come out of his studio.
No one loves the messenger who brings bad news
2011-08-18 08:14:53
As an Englishman I was mesmerized by London burning last week and managed to experience it vicariously on social networks.
Nanotech's fashionable highlights
2011-08-17 07:54:20
Juan Hinestroza is a self-professed fashion neophyte, more concerned with what's happening in the Petri dish than what's coming down the runway.
At the sharp end of diabetes care
2011-08-17 07:54:20
Insulin injection treatment for diabetes sufferers would be much more effective if medical workers and patients did it properly.