Weather is manipulated again for snow
2009-11-11 08:14:10
Beijing's unusually heavy snow, which brought a traffic paralysis to the capital yesterday, again highlighted the controversial use of weather modification.
Uni classes resume after H1N1 death
2009-11-10 11:04:38
The 3,000 classmates of the first person to die of A/H1N1 influenza in Beijing have returned to classes at Beihang University.
Snow, cold temperatures forecast
2009-11-10 11:02:54
Snow,icy winds and freezing temperatures are forecast for Beijing until Thursday, as an unusual weather pattern brings an early winter to the capital.
The highs and lows of life as China's top foreign model
2009-11-10 11:00:33
No one wanted Anina Trepte to come to China. The agents and designers she was working for in Paris told her it would ruin her career. There was no fashion here, no modeling industry, no chance for her to rise to the top or make any money, they said.
One day in the life of a fashion agent
2009-11-10 10:58:59
A day in the life of model agent Wang Bing reveals the hard work behind a beautiful industry.
Hundreds of women fail army enrolment
2009-11-10 10:55:59
Sixty percent of female applicants who took part in the first two days of a recruitment drive for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have failed, the army's recruitment office in Beijing said yesterday.
Shop attack 'linked to rent row'
2009-11-10 10:55:14
Some shop fronts have been attacked with axes and hammers twice in two days, in what tenants say is a dispute linked to unpaid rent.
Protesters freed after fight against fees
2009-11-10 10:53:13
Police yesterday released some residents of Swan Bay community, detained on Sunday for blocking Chaoyang Beilu with their cars in a protest against community parking fees.
Abandoned students asked to transfer
2009-11-10 10:50:54
Up to 1,000 students, including 800 Chinese students who were left stranded when one of four bankrupt colleges closed, gathered for an emergency meeting at Melbourne Town Hall yesterday.
Ten years too long to fix property market
2009-11-10 10:48:20
According to Wang Hongju, mayor of Chongqing, young people in his city will be able to buy their dream home in only 10 years. Officials with the Ministry of Housing and Urban and Rural Development also painted a similarly rosy picture: two-thirds of Chinese families will move into new houses within 10 years.
Losing weight is dangerous obsession for some Chinese women
2009-11-10 10:47:14
"Have you ever tried to lose weight?" Ask this question to any Chinese woman and prepare for a barrage of passionate responses.
Rational hopes for a second child
2009-11-10 10:43:17
As the father of a young boy, I often imagine what life would be like if my wife and I were eligible to have a second child. If my little Ray could have a brother or sister to play with after kindergarten, perhaps he wouldn't feel so lonely when we are tied up with household chores.