Time to adjust the scales for healthier weight standards
2010-06-24 09:39:44
Cast aside the images of large men and women that first enter your head when the topic of weight rears its ugly head. Many popular newspapers and magazines in the West have fully embraced the obesity apologist movement.
It's hymen time for change
2010-06-23 08:13:09
A friend of a friend, a Beijing woman, is readying herself to undertake a hymenorrhaphy (also known as a hymenoplasty).
Sizzling ideas to help beat the heat
2010-06-23 08:13:09
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, crack up the air conditioner, break out some ice and cool the beers. The great Beijing bake has begun.
Elite dating sign of unhealthy VIP worship
2010-06-23 08:13:09
A grand matchmaking event was staged simultaneously in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai on Monday.
Let's not sacrifice quality for speed
2010-06-22 08:13:01
The T3 terminal at Capital International Airport has staged a show that has already been seen at Beijing west railway station.
Warm thoughts on cooling home prices as market slows
2010-06-22 08:13:01
A couple of months ago, the newspaper headlines read "A ticking time bomb", referring to China's runaway housing market. More recently, the newspapers warned "Home sales plummet" and predicted sharp increases in property taxes.
A change of heart over 'I love you'
2010-06-22 08:13:01
Have you ever waited to hear the words that make you melt? Undeniably, "I love you" is a special phrase that everyone around the world loves to hear.
Rule breakers snap society
2010-06-21 07:58:29
Beijing, Athens and Rome have much in common. All have lots of history and remain the political and cultural centers of their countries.
'Checkbook' schools' motivation for profit doesn't make the grade
2010-06-21 07:58:29
In May, I visited the Sino-Canada High School, a Chinese private boarding high school, to deliver a speech on Ivy League education.
Navigating the name game
2010-06-18 07:56:42
I come from a big clan that likes to apply the term "family" very generously. For many Beijingers and other Chinese urban dwellers, a family dinner means sitting down with mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, perhaps an uncle or two, and maybe some in-laws. But back home in the northeastern countryside, getting the family together meant I would be greeting relatives as tenuously tied to me as my grandmother's cousin's grandchildren or my mother's brother's brother-in-law.