Should we pick design or content?
2010-05-26 07:49:30
Take your pick: a well-designed product with mediocre content, or a bland-looking product packed with uber-fantastic content.
Concerns about the benefits of Maglev rail
2010-05-26 07:49:30
The controversial Maglev train project finally got its green light in Beijing.
There's no bliss when marrying into money
2010-05-25 08:05:49
A rich husband or a good career? That is the question.
Give it all up for a man? Maybe it makes sense
2010-05-25 08:05:49
An old college classmate of mine called me up last week and asked me to dinner.
Let's look beyond the prostitutes
2010-05-25 08:05:49
The closure of the Heaven Earth Nightclub for at least 10 days indicates the authorities' zero tolerance of underground gangs, says Bai Yansong, a CCTV commentator.
Rentals to ease gridlock
2010-05-24 07:59:33
I've railed, long and hard, in these very pages about what I consider to be the bad driving habits of some Beijing motorists.
We have enough rental cars
2010-05-24 07:59:33
I can't think of anything worse than renting a car in Beijing.
Spiritual pain is the worst pain for lives without value
2010-05-24 07:59:33
There are many things in our lives that are beyond our control. We can't choose our parents, our appearance and many can't even change their jobs. But we can choose how to live our lives.
Singing opera house blues
2010-05-21 07:53:54
It's summer and, along with gorgeous flora, the Beijing arts scene is blooming. Music festivals in the parks, visiting dance troupes, and theater productions are all there deliciously waiting for the partaking.
Stars' lives peddled in trashy tabloids
2010-05-21 07:53:54
You come across all sorts of peddlers in the city: men and women selling maps and fengshui calendars, mute people silently offering amulets; and disfigured beggars, who often work in pairs, plying their trade in pity.
Quotation of the day May 21,2010
2010-05-21 07:53:54
Exploiting culture for economic benefits is unhealthy.