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  • A life governed by apps

    2013-03-14 10:05

    Another day begins with the shrill call of the phone's alarm. Where are you? Open your eyes. Turn the alarm off, a swig of water unglues your tongue and you start working out on your apps.

  • Chinese haircuts for good luck

    2013-03-14 09:37

    Barbershops enjoyed brisk trade on Wednesday, as it was a lucky day to get a haircut according to Chinese tradition.

  • Pretty ordinary

    2013-03-13 16:59

    Photographers are invited to submit their works for The Other Hundred program, a competition aimed at finding the top 100 photos of ordinary people.

  • Breast-feeding needs more public support

    2013-03-13 10:32

    Breast-feeding is hard. For Chinese mothers, the absence of a wide support system makes it even harder, according to breast-feeding mothers and medical experts.

  • Overseas students younger, more diverse

    2013-03-13 10:03

    Increasing numbers of Chinese students are opting to learn practical rather than purely academic skills overseas. A fascination with wood

  • Listen to your body before it's too late

    2013-03-13 09:27

    China now has about 230 million people with cardiovascular diseases, in the high risk group of having heart problems and stroke. Playing with fate

  • Mother's milk

    2013-03-13 09:08

    With many Chinese families having only one child, parents give their babies the best they can afford, especially when it comes to milk and food.

  • More people enjoy being trapped in 'secret chambers'

    2013-03-12 13:56

    Participants are locked in the room and they have to solve puzzles using the clues provided within a specified time frame.Barking up the right tree 

  • Eat, drink, live China

    2013-03-12 05:41

    The Pairi Daiza zoo is a 40-minute drive south of Brussels, set among farmland, forest and zigzagging country roads. Zoo chief Eric Domb sees it as a platform that exhibits animals, plants and people, and also civilization manifested in eight "worlds" set out over several hectares of what he calls paradise.

  • Top Cats

    2013-03-11 15:32

    Feline beauty contest in Beijing will have animal-lovers purring next weekend

  • Seeking deliberation in a scarf

    2013-03-11 15:26

    Some luxury labels have seen the importance of time-intensive handicraft art, trying to preserve and popularize it. Barking up the right tree

  • 20-year-old dog and 140-year-old human

    2013-03-11 14:02

    Of all the philosophies, ancient or modern, Western or Chinese, Daoism values life most dearly.

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  • Group a building block for Africa

    An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.
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