Rich and poor residents won't mix well
2010-06-18 07:56:42
According to Wuhan Evening News, the city government has stipulated that, in future, real estate developers must set aside a certain number of apartments as low-priced and low-rent housing for people on low incomes - meaning that rich and poor people will live in the same areas.
Chinese gays are chasing the elusive rainbow
2010-06-18 07:56:42
Watching gay men and lesbians in China struggle for basic rights and dignity is like hurtling through a time warp to the past.
Taking a dig at stereotypes from the other side
2010-06-17 10:39:12
"If you dig a hole to the center of the Earth, you'll eventually end up in China."
Colleges must look within to stem tide of students moving abroad
2010-06-17 10:38:50
According to CCTV, the number of students who study abroad directly after high school is rapidly increasing, against the backdrop of fewer students sitting for the national college entrance examination.
Ruminating over a dining guru's recipe for success
2010-06-16 07:37:13
Zang Li, CEO of food website fantong.com, chews the cud with METRO reporter Shen Jingting.
Internet change really clicks
2010-06-15 07:30:06
Something rather unusual is happening in China. Hundreds of porn sites, as well as a Twitter client and a video-sharing site, have all been released for public viewing and no one knows why.
Riding the wave to work
2010-06-15 07:30:06
In the morning, I leave my apartment early and walk toward the train station, a few blocks away.
World Cup team support depends on winning record - and sexiness
2010-06-14 07:24:53
Break out the beer and fire up the grill. The World Cup is upon us again. After four years of waiting, you have a perfectly good excuse to wake your neighbors at three in the morning with boisterous cheers of delight your favored team has scored a goal. Come morning, you can stumble into work red-eyed and delusional, still blabbering nonsense about how many bad calls the referee made. No rebuke, only nods of agreement. Undoubtedly there are many upsides for it being World Cup time again.
Ban would be breath of fresh air
2010-06-11 07:57:11
"Light up, and 100 yuan may go up in smoke." That was the headline of a story in China Daily last month that told how Beijing city hopes to increase the fine from 10 yuan to 100 yuan for anyone caught flouting the no-smoking ban in some buildings.
The X-files: My adventures with Chinese bureaucracy
2010-06-11 07:57:11
Every adult who attended high school in China has a secret file called a dang an. The file is "secret" because access to it is closely guarded. Yet, the dang an is also not a secret at all.
A shameful act from a high school
2010-06-11 07:57:11
At the graduation ceremony of Chunyang high school in Chongqing, 900 students knelt to show gratitude to their teachers.