Judge wields gavel with evenhandedness and empathy
2010-03-30 08:13:14
With her short, cropped hair and fair complexion, Song Yushui aims to always keep a smile. Her name, in Chinese, means water and fish. But make no mistake: Song's job is a serious one.
Champion of the poor and vulnerable
2010-03-30 08:13:14
Yu Jianrong knows firsthand about China's social and political realities, and the grievances of the nation's disadvantaged. Zhao Yanrong reports
For China's madame maestro, life is an enduring symphony
2010-03-29 07:56:40
Zheng Xiaoying is unstoppable.
Private fantasies, creative vulnerability
2010-03-29 07:56:40
British artist presents cultures in photographs
Chiropodist in step with patients' needs
2010-03-26 08:02:43
Dai Hong, a 30-year-old Inner Mongolian woman who is crowned "the most popular female chiropodist" by her clients serving the capital's well-known Qinghuachi Bathhouse & Chiropody Center, talks to METRO about the reasons why she has devoted her life to taking care of people's feet.
For events Czar, beguiling looks work
2010-03-26 08:02:43
Boy from Oz, a former model, now caters to the stars in Beijing
Slow healing of a fragile beauty
2010-03-25 08:09:21
More than a year after Zhao Ruirui's ankle injury, the tallest Chinese women's volleyball player of the past decade and 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist still can't step on court. The only things that reminds her of her glorious past are the 10 trophies and medals neatly arranged in a cabinet in her 40 sq m living room
Screenwriter's new project turns lens on newsroom
2010-03-25 08:09:21
Top fiction writer reveals his secrets to success in other roles in his life.
Even the young and beautiful go under the knife
2010-03-24 08:05:27
Staring gently at a patient awaiting plastic surgery, Ding Xiaobang, director of the outpatient department of the plastic surgery hospital PUMC in the World Trade Center in the east, seems more like a caring father than a surgeon.
Negotiating skills help in hot market
2010-03-24 08:05:27
Guo Juan came to Beijing from Hebei province after graduating from Jilin Agricultural University with a degree in English in 2008. She took a job as a house agent with Juntol Real Estate, which sells and rents apartments and houses to both foreigners and Chinese. Over the past two years Guo has been engaged in both renting and selling. She shared her typical workday with METRO.
Cooking up a storm with the help of a machine
2010-03-23 08:08:53
Retired professor creates a meal-making robot
Farmer dreaming of electric sheep
2010-03-23 08:08:53
Wang Ru reports on how a long-time hobby of making robots leads to a Shanghai World Expo opportunity