Fashion maven knits global ambitions
2010-06-01 07:49:55
Chinese menswear brand aims to push Armani and LV off the rack
Wall of garbage just not acceptable
2010-05-31 08:01:51
A British environmentalist reveals his fight against wilderness litter
The return of a paradise lost in translation
2010-05-31 08:01:51
Twelve years ago, when scholar Zhu Jiarong was asked to translate A Lost Paradise, by Japanese writer Junichi Watanabe, into Chinese, she refused unless the publisher would agree to her terms: delete its explicit sexual content.
Assets exchange boosts finance reputation
2010-05-31 07:52:23
The first national financial assets trading platform - Beijing Financial Assets Exchange (BFAE) - is scheduled to start operating on Monday, showing the city's ambition to build a world-class financial center.
Crackdown shuts door on low-cost apartment cheats
2010-05-31 07:52:23
As many as 1,371 families have been caught concealing their savings and properties during the process of applying for low-cost apartments over the past year, according to the Beijing municipal commission of housing and urban-rural development.
Talking the talk gets Ku's blood flowing
2010-05-28 07:51:12
To most people, the idea of speaking in front of large audiences strikes fear into the heart and brings a tremble to the knees. Some people even fear public speaking more than death. But for Daphne Pei Ku, talking to a room full of people is her life.
From Russia with love
2010-05-28 07:51:12
Viktoriya Krasnitskaya, Miss Russia 2007, reveals her new life as a top model in the capital with METRO's Zhao Yanrong
Clarified property management rule to stifle lasting tiffs
2010-05-28 07:50:25
Disputes between residential property management companies and homeowners in the city are expected to decline, thanks to new rules enacted on Thursday.
Acer turns a virtual page
2010-05-28 07:50:25
Acer picked up on the eBook trend and released its LumiRead on Thursday in Beijing, joining a market piled high with eReader devices from Amazon and dozens of Chinese manufacturers.
Actress peels off to turn the front page green
2010-05-27 08:00:44
Yu Nan, 31-year-old Berlin Golden Bear winner, shares her experience of lying nude among 12 supermodels to pose for a high-end fashion magazine, writes METRO'S Li Jing
TV role made star an 'agony aunt'
2010-05-27 08:00:44
"How can I get along with my picky mother-in-law?"