In the mood for love

Ola Zdzarska says Beijing is full of attractive and interesting men and women who are just waiting to meet a partner. “There are plenty of fish in the sea, especially in Beijing. The biggest difference…

New Film Shows Pains, Gains Of Female Friendship

Movie buffs or those interested in literature about the world – particularly the world of women – probably remember the 1993 film “The Joy Luck Club.“ It was based on Amy Tan’s best-selling novel and told…

Bastion of bohemians

Tourism takes advantage of the canals in Suzhou’s Pingjiang Historic Quarters, a rich cultural and economic legacy. Erik Nilsson reports. The Terracotta Warrior brandishing an electric guitar near the gate of Suzhou’s Ping-jiang Historic Quarters…

Han Chinese have ‘drinking gene’

New Shanghai-based research reverses the stereotypical Western notion that Chinese people cannot hold their liquor – at least, when it comes to pounding back grain-based alcohols like baijiu. The study released by Fudan University in…

3D adventure game has its own saga in court

Shanghai-headquartered online gaming company Youqu Network Technology Co Ltd (Uqu) was surprised to be sued for copyright infringement in 2009 even after it had already paid significant fees for licensing. But it turns out Uqu…

Cross-Straits youths meet

Beijing – President Hu Jintao encouraged young people from both sides of the Taiwan Straits to take part in more exchanges and to cooperate with one another while he attended an event on Tuesday aimed…

The bilingual wanderer

North Carolina native fell in love with China during his 1997 visit BEIJING – Just as many young students, John Gordon was nervous about leaving the comforts of his home to study abroad. The North…

Jason Tu’s Tibetan Journey

Jason Tu was exposed to Tibetan culture from an early age, growing up in a little Sichuan town near Tibet Autonomous Region. Starting about 4 years ago, he began to make frequent trips to Tibetan…

New trace of ‘Shennongjia Wildman’ found in SW China

Five footprints, believed to be traces left by the legendary “Shennongjia Wildman,” have been found in Chengkou county, part of Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, according to a report from cqnews.net on Monday. The report says…