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  • Long way from home

    2013-05-24 09:14

    Today's London is full of Chinese faces ranging from young students to experienced professionals and curious tourists. But among them is a growing population of isolated elderly Chinese who are desperately in need of help, according to a charity organization.

  • Safe harbor

    2013-05-24 09:14

    Operating an orphanage is a duty or mission for some but, for Gyalzur Tendol, it is a matter of repaying love and pursuing true happiness. "Economic needs are not our main focus; instead, we focus on ensuring the children feel at home with parental love, trust, and unity", says the 60-year-old, who is an ethnic Tibetan. An orphan from an early age, Gyalzur Tendol was adopted and raised in Germany and Switzerland. She says that she had an ordinary childhood in the West.

  • Ex-journalist spreads her cultural know-how

    2013-05-19 08:51

    Former news correspondent Edith Coron uses her international experience to advise executives how to understand and manage relations between people from different countries.

  • Overseas Chinese donate for Lushan quake

    2013-05-16 08:49

    Overseas Chinese compatriots in Britain have been raising funds for Lushan County since it was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake on 20th April.

  • Adventure advocate

    2013-05-07 09:52

    A Belgian adventurer came to China because he first heard about the country from a Chinese tugboat worker in Nigeria, and he has come a long way since.

  • Softening the culture

    2013-05-03 09:13

    It may be surprising to know that even some of the world's most powerful businesspeople can experience difficulties "thinking things through". Senior executives from large multinational companies, such as the oil giant ExxonMobil and tire producer Michelin, come to Edith Coron for that very reason. However, what they need is not answers but questions.

  • Man of two traditions

    2013-04-19 09:38

    A reformer who mixed both Eastern and Western styles, Zao Wou-ki was one of China's most influential artists.

  • Writing and running on the Wall

    2013-04-19 09:38

    Documenting China's iconic structure is Briton's life and passion

  • 4 Chinese killed in Russia's factory fire

    2013-04-15 00:28

    Four Chinese workers were killed and five others injured Sunday in a fire that engulfed a wood factory in Russia's Far Eastern city of Zima.

  • Crusader for modern art

    2013-04-12 08:28

    Karen Smith goes to hundreds of exhibitions in China every year, but she has developed one rule: Never go on opening day.

  • Up with the masters

    2013-04-12 08:28

    Guan Tianlang dreams big. At the age of 8, he told his father he wanted to win a Grand Slam in golf, winning all four majors in the same year, a feat that's never been accomplished.

  • Big in China

    2013-03-29 08:34

    Testing the limits of his readers' courage with fantastical tales of mystery, mummies and vampires, Thomas Brezina's books grasp the attention of his young audience.

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