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  • Long journey to Internet success

    2010-06-23 07:58

    Can foreign entrepreneurs successfully run Internet companies in China?

  • 'Witch Man' casts spell on the fashion world

    2010-06-22 09:54

    Han Huohuo, a project manager with the Chinese edition of Marie Claire, has built a glossy reputation since his photographs were featured on popular fashion websites such as the Vogue magazine-hosted Style.com.

  • Chauffeurs lead the field with tipsy fans

    2010-06-22 08:18

    Chauffeur companies are witnessing a striking improvement in business during the World Cup from fans opting to play safe on their way home from the pub.

  • Fashionable lawyer a law unto himself

    2010-06-22 08:13

    Tao Jingzhou, hailed in the early 1980s as the first Chinese person to work at a French law firm, is almost as well known for his fashion smarts as he is for his legal mind.

  • Fragments of past refresh for anniversary

    2010-06-21 09:43

    Twenty pieces of repaired porcelain are on display at the Old Summer Palace as part of the commemorations of the day, 150 years ago, when the historic site was razed to the ground.

  • Mystery writer behind best-seller

    2010-06-21 07:58

    The series The Promotion Story of Du Lala has been well-received since its debut in September 2007. The story about how Du Lala, the heroine with ordinary background, grew from an administrative assistant to an HR manager in one of the Fortune 500 companies through her own efforts became a bible for office workers.

  • Colonel blends realism with emotion as a military artist

    2010-06-21 07:58

    It is the paintbrush, not the pen, which is mightier than the sword for Qu Zhi.

  • Life in the shadows

    2010-06-21 07:58

    On a white shadow wall of translucent canvas, the Monkey King was fighting with Princess Iron Fan and her husband, the Ox King. Their dazzling kungfu captivated the audience. Suddenly the classic scene from the novel Journey to the West changed tone and, to the accompaniment of stirring Spanish music, the Monkey King became a bullfighter, holding a red cloth in front of the Ox King.

  • Former athlete glad she leapt into modeling

    2010-06-18 09:50

    Mo Wandan takes fame in her stride with long legs that once tackled the high jump, Liu Lu reports.

  • Comedic actress ready to get serious

    2010-06-18 07:56

    Guo Xiaoyuan, who has been enjoying her first year of acting since graduating from the Central Academy of Drama, holds the dream of starring as a strong serious character who will live on in the memory of her audience.

  • Students unwilling to step into career of old

    2010-06-18 07:55

    People choosing to take up some of the older professions are considered to be "losing face", the director of Qinghuachi, Beijing's largest chiropodist center, told METRO after students from Beijing's top university gave a cold shoulder to its recent campus recruitment.

  • Hotel critics to get certified

    2010-06-18 07:55

    An evaluation and certification system for hotel critics is about to be launched, the China Hotel Association said on Thursday.

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