2013-07-31Chinese cartoonists are increasingly finding fame online, where a menagerie of animated animals are proving a hot with netizens.
2013-07-28Tea sommeliers. It's a new job description in the hospitality trade, and qualified candidates are in great demand.
2013-07-23How is life in Beijing for foreigners? A group of foreign friends share their stories and dreams with cityofbeijing website readers.
2013-07-23With engines roaring, dust swirling and the occasional rollover, the racing circuit has long been seen as a world for men.
2013-07-23When Linus Holmsater first came to Beijing in 2009, he was confounded by the daily routine of the Chinese around him.
2013-07-21The elevator glides noiselessly to the top floor of a 10-story residential building in Beijing's Sanyuanqiao area, and I step toward apartment number 1009 with the same anticipation I came with last week. I am hoping Master Liu Qing will beat me with a stick. Two sticks, in fact.
2013-07-17American screenwriters taken on the challenge of capturing the real China in an international competition. 
Awarded writers and their scripts
2013-07-12On June 14, 2013, two Chinese superstar musicians staged a little duel - not a duet, but a kind of mock musical duel. Lang Lang and Jay Chou invited three members of the audience at Tsinghua University to each strike a random note on the piano.
2013-07-04Renowned Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, best known for his comedy films, has been selected as one of the co-directors for the CCTV's Spring Festival Gala which will celebrate the upcoming year of the horse
2013-07-03Born with brittle bone disease, Zhang Yonghong is only half a meter tall and must use a wheelchair.
2013-06-26English football star David Beckham smiles during a promotional event for David Beckham Bodywear for H&M in Beijing, China, 25 June 2013.
2013-06-25When 18-year-old Zhang Guoqiang came to Beijing to work as a temporary security guard at the prestigious Peking University in 1994, having only a middle-school diploma, he probably never expected he could go to a top college himself one day.
2013-06-24More than 9 million students across the country will face an important choice in the coming few days as education authorities have begun to release the results of the annual national college entrance exam.
2013-06-19Liu Li was shoved into the limelight as the judge for a high-profile domestic violence case involving Li Yang, founder of Crazy English language school, and his wife earlier this year.
2013-06-16Ding Youqiao's resume looks glamorous. At the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, she was an A-list student and won scholarships every year.
