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By Liu Meng Lian Si, a postdoctoral student of political science at Peking University, published his first book, Ants (Yizu), an exposé based on his two-year investigation into the communities of low-income college graduates living in suburbs of China's largest cities in September. Ever s...

Editor's Note: Many of China's primitive villages and historic streets are at the risk of disappearing and it is very necessary to build smallsized museums to protect them, said Feng Jicai, the Chairman of Chinese Folk Literature and Art Society, during his recent visit to the former residence of...

By Chen Yang Despite an array of choices from company cafeterias to Chinese and Western fast food chains, a good lunch is hard to find, say white-collar workers in metropolitan cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. A survey of 30,000 professionals in downtown Shang'hai, conducted recently by the ...

Mantel's award-winning book. Winning the 2009 Booker Prize for fiction with Wolf Hall, British novelist Hilary Mantel unveiled some of the secrets behind the tumultuous Tudors. The award-winning book ex-plores the true story of Henry VIII's minister, Thomas Cromwell's rise to power. Cromwell, the...

The cover of 59 Seconds. 59 Seconds, the latest work by psychologist and best-selling author Richard Wiseman is a fun look at happiness, relationships, parenting and life. In his new self-help guide, Wiseman introduces useful and quirky tips to help people achieve their aims and ambitions in minu...

On November 29, bidder No.3 had the winning bid to have the privilege of attending the competition with Michael Schumacher on November 3, at an auction held at the Beijing International Convention Center. Ten minutes into the auction, the privilege of attending the competition with racecar drive...

Marriages differ for a family of women from three different generations, as told by Cao Xiuhua

With the theme of "making life," the 3rd Blank 2009 Beijing, an exhibition of works from over 40 local and international artists, is underway at the Median Art Center in Beijing until November 24. Exploring the themes of interpreting art, creating life and being closer to nature, artists have com...

By Cong Mu Industrial biotechnology has the potential to reduce between 1 and 2.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per year by 2030, according to a report released at a WWF press conference on Thursday in Beijing. John Bang, head of the Globalization Program of WWF Denmark, told report...

By Du Guodong Performers singing on stage in Xi Shi. From Turandot to Madame Butterfly, the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing is known for staging world-renown classic operas, now it is setting its sights on a homegrown work that opened last night to rave reviews. Xi Shi i...