Never too late to look for love
2011-04-18 08:06:59
Dating clubs to help elderly find new friends or life partners.
Project works out for deaf, dumb
2011-04-18 08:01:45
Hard of hearing and mute find jobs thanks to special vocational training.
The world closes in on Little Italy
2011-04-17 07:47:50
Little Italy, once the heart of Italian-American life in the city, exists mostly as a memory.
Chinese: You're the true heroes
2011-04-18 08:02:06
A former US pilot's last overseas trip was to the Chinese village that rescued him in WWII.
Make a date with Meet in Beijing
2011-04-15 07:41:06
The month-long festival will bring music, dance and theater, in addition to free open-air shows from artists at home and abroad. Chen Jie reports.
Neither 'retarded' nor 'freaks', just different
2011-04-14 07:57:54
Before making his documentary, Taiwan filmmaker Shen Ko-shang believed autistic people were all like Dustin Hoffman's character in the film Rain Man.
Lost in Beijing provokes some existential angst
2011-04-14 07:57:54
I blame myself for getting into the taxi in the first place. I had written a mental note to myself the night before, reminding me to go to the ATM before heading off to work.
Entering the world of autism
2011-04-14 07:57:54
After women with bound feet and orphans in Shangri-La, documentary maker Joanne Cheng turns her attention to a special group of children on the mainland.
Fashion's photographer exposed
2011-04-14 07:57:54
Peter Lindbergh's solo exhibition The Unknown, at 798 Art Zone, reveals the art and craft of the lensman with an almost 40-year back catalog.
Spring fever but your feet feel leaden?
2011-04-13 07:55:13
Not everyone enjoys spring, though. Some people suffer from spring fever, whose symptoms include circulatory problems, lethargy and tiredness.
Cheerful bits and bites around town
2011-04-13 07:56:07
In the first of a series on affordable eats around Beijing's major universities, here is METRO's pick of a cluster of restaurants near the University of International Business and Economics.
