Most liposuction patients too lean on risk info

2011-02-09 08:16:44

A flat stomach, well-formed posterior as well as tight arms and legs are considered by many to be essential components of a beautiful body.

Got a cold? You've been too warm

2011-02-09 08:16:44

Spending too much time in constant and comfortable temperatures lowers the body's resistance to illness. Bettina Levecke reports.

Focusing on the absurd

2011-02-09 08:16:44

An avant-garde artist's use of surrealism in photography receives huzzas from progressives and boos from traditionalists. Zhang Kun reports.

Hopping on the band wagon

2011-02-04 13:52:15

The start of the Year of the Rabbit on Thursday is getting Western designers all excited about using the bunny theme.

Festival fun

2011-02-04 13:52:15

Spring Festival habits are changing with the times, but core values stay the same.

A life-changing day

2011-02-04 13:52:15

More than 30 years after Roberta Lipson arrived in a city of somber colors and camels on main streets, she's still here in Beijing - and loving it.

From Casablanca to Chinese capital

2011-02-04 13:52:15

The year is 1937 and washed-up American singer John Ramsey has just arrived for a one-month stint as a lounge singer in Beijing.

Lounge lizards in the city

2011-02-04 13:52:15

Covers of Brown Eyed Girl are, admittedly, not for everyone. Fret not, Beijing's lounge and bar scene is teeming with top shelf jazz and soul crooners backed by heady, talented bands.

The snow business

2011-02-04 13:52:15

Skiing only caught on for ordinary Chinese in the mid-1990s in the country's north and northeast, but has since blossomed into a pastime that can be practised nationwide.

Warm welcome despite freezing temperatures

2011-02-04 13:52:15

When visitors wander along Harbin's bustling Central Avenue, they are treated to the sight of marvelous European architecture that bears the record of the city's thriving history.

A life etched in lines

2011-01-31 07:52:17

The custom of tattooing faces among Derung women is fading as modernization washes over their lives. Cheng Anqi reports.

My motherland, right or wrong?

2011-01-28 08:05:09

Lang Lang's choice of music for a state dinner in the US was both lauded and chided, although it has evolved to be another folk song about love of country.