Putting comfort ahead of style
2010-05-12 08:02:19
While young women often put fashion ahead of comfort, their mothers and grandmothers rarely make such sacrifices, preferring economical but relaxing attire.
Women make the best of breasts
2010-05-12 08:02:19
Changes in attitudes have boosted female curves in the city
City to get Asia's top e-biz center
2010-05-12 07:56:14
China's top B2C (business-to-consumer) company 360buy.com plans to build the largest e-commerce distribution center in Asia by 2012, overtaking Amazon's facility in Tokyo.
Survey shows house prices still too high
2010-05-12 07:56:14
Almost 80 percent of people in Beijing expressed their preference to rent rather than buy a house, given the high property price, according to a recent report by the Beijing Social Facts and Public Opinion Survey Center.
Fifth Avenue style shows its origins
2010-05-11 07:55:18
Beijingers can now buy wedding dresses sold on New York's Fifth Avenue at unbelievably low prices - on the sixth floor of Blue Island Tower in Chaoyang district in Beijing.
Family's bitter fight over rights to priceless jade
2010-05-11 07:55:18
The grandchildren of the former chief of education in the Republic of China are fighting over about 1,000 pieces of jade and his collections of cultural relics at the city's higher court on Monday.
German club forges links with locals
2010-05-11 07:59:53
Thomas Trommler, director of a German consulting company, has been attending a monthly German club in the city since 2007. He has only missed the event twice, and both times he was on a business trip.
Thriving old alley lined with cultural ambience
2010-05-10 08:03:05
Fangjia Hutong, an ancient alley adjacent to the Lama Temple, is thriving as the city's next creative and cultural zone to challenge 798 Art Zone.
The quiet definition of a city
2010-05-10 08:03:05
Beijing's disappearing hutongs hold the key to the rich history and culture of the capital
At 30,000 and counting, the fix is in for stray cats
2010-05-10 07:56:02
To tamp the population of stray cats, as many as 30,000 of the animals in Beijing have been spayed and neutered since 2006, thanks to a collaboration by the municipality, non-governmental organizations and veterinary hospitals.
High-wire balance sheet gets a boost
2010-05-10 07:56:02
A bidder stepped into the unknown Sunday afternoon, paying 2.8 million yuan at auction to snap up the sponsorship rights to Bird's Nest Stadium's staging of a Guinness world record attempt at endurance tightrope walking.
Freezer to keep lid on veggie costs
2010-05-07 08:00:24
The biggest outdoor market in Beijing will build a refrigerated storage facility to store six tons of vegetables, enough to keep the market supplied with produce for as long as a month.