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It's a dark time for the global economy, and some people choose to dance the night away.
The so-called "golden week" holiday following the Oct 1 National Day celebration presented a golden opportunity for people wanting to go under the knife for cosmetic surgery.
Wang Dengfeng works as an interior decorator, but he is never splattered with paint at the end of the day and he has not once hurt his back moving furniture.
Outside a skyscraper near the Beijing World Trade Center, several men move up and down its surface, fastened by a long wire rope - making one think of the classic comic book character Spiderman.
Zhang Xiaowei, a post-80s generation woman, searched several stores for a beauty cream that she remembered well from her childhood. To her disappointment, it seemed to have vanished.
With traditional Chinese music playing in the background, dragons delicately painted on the walls and neatly positioned rosewood furniture, Jiafu Fuqiao foot massage parlors are reminiscent of the rooms in Beijing's magnificent Forbidden City.
McDull, a cartoon piglet, created a fun summer for movie fans and also made a pile of money in a down economy.
Ten Chinese women of a certain age have each paid 200,000 yuan ($29,000) for a trip to extend their youth in Switzerland in October.
A courtyard house next to Beihai Park that was once part of a Qing dynasty palace is being advertised online for 420 million yuan and attracting the interest of State-owned enterprises.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | 2,794.27 | -0.58% | Thur |
| Shenzhen | 12,392.93 | -0.26% | Thur |
| HSI | 22,530.18 | +0.06% | Thur |
| NIKKEI | 10,071.14 | -0.11% | Thur |
| Dow | 12,719.49 | +0.74% | Thur |
| Nasdaq | 2,872.66 | +1.36% | Thur |