China / Life

Enjoy the sunshine

[2017-02-25 07:11]

Spring is about vitality and brilliance. An ancient Chinese poem goes: "Only silly people will not have fun in spring."

Carving out the revival of a lost art

[2017-02-25 07:11]

Zhang Kuo, 58, forever associates his art with Chairman Mao Zedong.

Bringing sight and color to RP patients with Chinese Medicine

[2017-02-25 07:11]

NEW YORK - Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a hereditary degenerative eye disease, believed to be an incurable disease with Western Medicine Treatment, but traditional Chinese Medicine Therapies offered a new hope for the successful treatment of RP patients.

The race of their lives

[2017-02-25 07:10]

In the life of a mathematician the number 3.14159 is as second nature as bread and butter or rice and chopsticks are to the rest of us.

Beyond the laurels, the threat of injury or death

[2017-02-25 07:10]

Anyone contemplating running a marathon is well advised to consider Pheidippides, the messenger in ancient Greece whose long-distance running feat gave us the word marathon and the race that goes with it. Within minutes of arriving in Athens and delivering a message of victory in battle the exhausted Pheidippides died.

Gucci's magic garden opens fashion week

[2017-02-24 07:18]

MILAN, Italy - The curtain went up on Milan's fashion week on Wednesday with Gucci's enchanted garden-inspired looks and Fay's 1990s rock-chick styles paraded for the womenswear autumn and winter 2017/18 season.

Yang wows with out-of-this-world collection

[2017-02-24 07:18]

MILAN - Aliens landed at Milan's fashion week on Wednesday with Annakiki by Chinese designer Anna Yang, who debuted in the Italian city with an out-of-this-world collection.

Fur makes a strong comeback at a Hong Kong fair

[2017-02-24 07:18]

After a downturn last year, due to the economic situation and warm weather in many countries, fur is making a comeback as a key Hong Kong fashion event shows.

Eight legs, no fears

[2017-02-24 07:18]

Do you find octopus to be a little scary, especially on your dinner plate?

Thyme and Yukon Gold Potato Gratin-rich and indulgent

[2017-02-24 07:18]

I have a recipe for a potato gratin in my last cookbook, Dinner Solved!, that I firmly stand by. Here is another that I firmly stand by. And I plan to come up with more such recipes to firmly stand by because I am committed to reminding all of us why gratins are one of the best things that could ever happen to a potato, ever.

China claims 13 spots on best list

[2017-02-24 07:18]

Two of Hong Kong's favorite restaurants are creeping up on chef Gaggan Anand, but not enough to dislodge the Indian chef's grip on the title of No 1 restaurant in Asia.

The ivy league village chief

[2017-02-24 07:18]

Qin Yuefei first arrived in the village of Baiyun three years ago. The village in Hunan province - with narrow country lanes and similar-looking farmhouses - was a stark contrast to the New England residences and lecture halls of Yale University, from where Qin had graduated.

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