When I hear the term, "naked marriage" (luohun), I always get the wrong picture in my head.
China has an opportunity to lead the world in city planning owing to its huge urbanization potential, said Lutz Engelke, CEO of the Triad Berlin, which designed the Urban Planet, one of the main theme pavilions of the Shanghai 2010 Expo.
Are you secretly dreading holiday party invitations in your mailbox?
Stressed and gaining weight? The stress -- and the exercise-slacking or chocolate-munching it breeds -- may actually not be the main culprit.
Workers at a district council in eastern England must now clock off and back on if they take a cigarette break.
With 90 percent of the world's fountain pens made in the country, Chinese hard-nib calligraphy faces a rosy future, says its pioneering artist.
The Thanksgiving holiday will see more airline passengers, higher fares and packed planes this year as a stronger economy stokes travel demand.
The first time it happened, an elderly Beijinger gently but firmly pressed his hand across my chest and pushed me back to safety.
Play golf, will travel. Many golfers are known to spend their vacations heading to different courses around the globe for their fairway fix.
Ghosts and goblins are more than Halloween decorations or costumes for many Americans who confessed they believe in the supernatural and returning from the grave.
As if France didn't have enough problems at the moment with mass protests against pension reforms, now it stands accused of causing The Great Depression.
Despite the common belief that stress causes people to pack on the pounds, a new research review finds that, on average, stress has little long-term effect on weight.