2010/3/7 0:00:00
A theme park in Kunming gives unusually short people not just protection from society's jibes but also helps them earn their own living. Guo Shuhan reports
Wu Zimin, 44, presides over a unique empire. At 10 am every day, he shows up at a mushroom-like castle, accompanied by an entourage whose members are all roughly the same height as him: 80 cm.
For 50 minutes, in the morning and afternoon, t...
2010/3/7 0:00:00
The just ended movie holiday season was major for film exhibitors while the quality of domestic releases was a letdown
February 28 neatly bookends the three-month-plus "holiday season" for China's film industry, which began on Nov 20. The receipts have been tallied and box-office sales topped 3 billion yuan ($439 million). But not everyone in the industry is laughing all the way to the bank. I...
2010/3/5 0:00:00
A Superman husky is dressed for cold crime fighting weather in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.
The owner, surnamed Zhou, said the dog, Ice, will be 6 years old on April 1.
2010/3/4 0:00:00
Taking a good hard look in the mirror recently I couldn't help but notice the growing presence of what I like to affectionally call "smile lines" on my make-up-removed face. No longer mistaken for being in my late 20s, I decided to check out what could be done at a moment's notice in Beijing to fight back through the ages in an attempt to return to my youth, on the surface at least.
After a few...
2010/3/4 0:00:00
One large room is partitioned off like a mini hotel, with one narrow corridor in the middle and small rooms on both sides. Each partition wall is made of drywall plaster board, which is unstable and flimsy. If something knocks against it, the board will make a banging sound.
There is no kitchen or sitting room because they have been rented out as living spaces. The bathroom cannot be kept clean...
2010/3/2 0:00:00
The Chongqing Traffic and Tourism Investment Group in southwest China revealed on Sunday that it will spend two billion yuan ($292.99 million) to build ten super inland cruise ships.
The company has start building the first ship of the fleet that is twice as expensive as the most luxury cruise ships currently voyaging on the Yangtze River.
Gong Li, a manager of the Group, told the local Chong...
2010/3/2 0:00:00
Some publishers build buzz for titles, but numbers aren't exactly binding
Everyone enjoys having friends recommend a good book, but what happens when friends suggest books that are average at best?
This is just the case with Beijing's best-selling book lists, Yao Danqian, vice-president of marketing at dangdang.com, one of China's leading online bookstores, told METRO.
Best-seller lists, base...
2010/3/2 0:00:00
As our legislative bodies prepare to meet, delegates are trying to put together new proposals to be passed. I want to contribute and here is what I think.
One: Pay your employees
Peggy and I go to the same hairdresser at Eric's in Kerry Center. Two weeks ago, I received a panic message from Peggy: "Help! I can't find Terry. He has quit and the salon does not have his contact numbers."
A wo...
2010/2/27 0:00:00
When amateur actors have more passion and authenticity than their professional counterparts you have to question the validity of China's management of the performing arts
On the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, I was invited to a reading of the Broadway musical Rent. What a strange time for a rehearsal, I thought. The streets in Beijing were almost empty and the buses that ran had few passen...
2010/2/25 0:00:00
Ten years ago, Liu Yanpeng dropped out of high school in order to give his younger brother Yanbo a shot at an education.
Now a decade later, as Yanbo prepares to graduate from Shanghai's prestigious Fudan University with a degree in political science, he is now returning his older brother's sacrifice, helping the now 30-year-old Yanpeng to finish high school and keep his own university dreams a...