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  • A country merging tradition with progress

    2014-09-12 09:39

    Ghanaians have a saying that goes: Ohoho aniwa soso nanso enhu hwee Ohoho.

  • Pick your (ancient) poison

    2014-09-12 07:28

    If you want someone dead but don't want to get caught, poison is the way to go. Or, maybe you just want someone to die painfully and slowly - again, poison is the way to go.

  • Scottish 'yes' may be 'no' for Chinese

    2014-09-05 07:28

    Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow's list of graduates includes Adam Smith, the author of The Wealth of Nations, his magnum opus published in 1776 at the dawn of the British industrial revolution, which is still one of the most important books ever written on economics.

  • How Scotland stacks up

    2014-09-05 07:28

    The most recent UK National Student Survey suggests that Scotland's universities are the best place to pursue a higher education in the UK, with overall satisfaction reaching a three-year high at 87 percent.

  • Bright new light on ancient ideas

    2014-09-05 07:28

    The first Chinese emperor, Qin Shi Huang, continues to fascinate, most recently for television viewers in Britain through Andrew Graham Dixon's The Art of China (BBC).

  • Qingdao: the city that was built on beer

    2014-09-05 07:28

    It's a breezy summer day in coastal Qingdao, and I am awash in beauty and beer. I've been hanging out all morning with 48 lovely young ladies, each one a beauty contest winner in her home country.

  • Ivory crackdown efforts sharpened

    2014-08-29 07:24

    Record ivory seizures - combined with a Chinese crackdown on illegal wildlife trafficking - could mark a turning point in global efforts to save the African elephant.

  • Mammoth task

    2014-08-29 07:24

    Chinese craftsmen have been carving ivory since ancient dynasties. But in the modern era, illegal poaching and the slaughter of African elephants have endangered the now controversial art form.

  • New day for prehistoric commodity

    2014-08-29 07:24

    A wooly mammoth hides underneath the world's longest outdoor escalator, amid the flashing lights, art galleries and cocktail bars of Hollywood Road in Hong Kong's Central district.

  • Mountaintop of ancient wisdom

    2014-08-29 09:19

    Atop 73 iconic steps at the entrance of Guiyang Confucius Academy in China's relatively remote Guizhou province stands a statue of giant proportions.

  • Olympics reply provides perfect mix of sports, fun

    2014-08-29 09:19

    The mixed team relay at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games demonstrated on Aug 26 how sport can transcend differences, bring people together and turn strangers into friends.

  • From smoke and flames, drama emerges

    2014-08-29 07:24

    In step with American trends toward firefighting in both feature film and television, Hong Kong's latest drama As the Light Goes Out, is a tense disaster opera of personal ambition, betrayal, greed and devotion.

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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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