Burning issue is worrying critics

2010-11-25 08:03:17

Environmentalists are expressing concern about the proposed Sujiatuo garbage burner in Haidian district after the local government began its environmental impact assessment last week.

Trading skills is an online headache

2010-10-11 08:08:59

There might be little luck for most low-income workers chasing cheap flats to rent, but that doesn't put off netizen Susie Gao - in return for a home, she is offering knowledge.

Terror handbook just a bit of fun, says man

2010-09-27 08:08:34

A 21-year-old appeared in court on Saturday accused of producing a terrorism-related handbook and spreading the information on the Internet, according to Beijing Youth Daily.

Art festival goes beyond the norm

2010-09-16 08:02:45

Art was rarely in the mind of Wang Bian'e or the other farmers she worked with in North China's Shanxi province.

Friends exchanging old clothing and love at fashionable gathering

2010-08-30 07:53:10

The Best Time Caf's biweekly clothing exchange is the place to go to find pants from Bangkok stalls, hair bands from Madrid's bazaars, tailor-made dresses or shirts from a New York shop.

Beijing babies soak up specialist pools

2010-08-24 08:11:38

It's bath time and so much more for newborns wanting a dip in the capital

New career hits market: the house inspector

2010-08-16 08:00:23

Zhang Lei enters an apartment with his 10-kilogram toolbox and immediately gets down to work.

Departing, attending, returning: a trilogy of change in overseas study

2010-08-10 09:42:32

With the start of the fall semester looming ever closer, some students are preparing to return to classes while others are readying themselves to head overseas.

Skate park ramps up plans

2010-08-09 08:12:21

Huge venue on board to become center of action sports in Beijing, despite small skating community

Harrow tapping Asian market

2010-07-30 07:49:24

Tradition and prestige, for generations, have attracted students from afar to Harrow. Now, as Ming Yeung tells us, the prestigious school moving east, bringing traditional English education closer to home for Asian students.

Mainland pupils making the grade in Hong Kong

2010-07-29 10:55:58

It came as a blow when Yin Wenting, a student from Shenzhen, was rejected in her application to attend the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the city's top school, five years ago.

More HK students enter mainland for further study

2010-07-29 07:51:35

A group of 206 Hong Kong students arrived in Beijing on July 24 for a four-day visit organized by the Hong Kong Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations that is aimed at letting them explore Chinese culture.