Flood of New Year's greetings drowns out cheerful spirit
2011-02-07 07:10:14
Sending friendly text messages on the eve of Chinese New Year may sound like a convenient way to spread good cheer.
Tradition, customs are changing
2011-01-31 10:59:07
Spring Festival is the most important holiday for Chinese people. Excitement and happiness are palpable this time of the year.
Finally a place to call home
2011-01-26 07:57:53
An innovative program in Guangdong province allows migrant workers to transfer their hukou, or household registration, to their place of work in cities.
Pointing toward the ups and downs of the past
2011-01-26 07:57:53
When Albert Einstein was a boy, he saw a ray of light and it made him wonder if it was possible that a person could dance on such a lovely bright thing.
Green light for car sharing and pooling
2011-01-26 07:57:53
Beijinger Wang Yong's efforts to get the authorities to legalize car sharing by strangers have finally hit the mark.
Enter the blogosphere to take the nation's pulse
2011-01-26 07:57:53
To appreciate how vast and diverse China is, just log on and click. Blogs are the submarines of opinion swimming below the major media waves. They bubble away under the surface and anyone on the outside looking in could be forgiven for thinking that because they can't see them (or read them) they don't exist. But they do, in record-breaking numbers.
Kindergarten kids helped me value language
2011-01-24 08:06:05
When I first walked down the small dirt alley, between the green and white striped columns shaped to look like oversized pencils, I knew this school was going to be a bit different from the others.
Life after Facebook
2011-01-23 08:47:46
As the social networking era entered the mainstream, Rupert Murdoch paid $580 million for one of the Web's hottest properties, MySpace. The chief executive of the company that Mr. Murdoch outbid, Viacom, was fired after his boss complained that losing was a "humiliating experience."
The way of the fist
2011-01-21 10:03:56
The cradle of Chinese kungfu plans to spread its wings across the globe more aggressively not only to increase its influence, but also to bring about a semblance of order in the way it runs its overseas cultural centers.
Some at family gatherings not who they appear to be
2011-01-20 07:58:08
Money can't buy you love, but it can let you rent a girlfriend to take home for Chinese New Year.
My bike keeps me in touch with Shanghai
2011-01-20 07:59:10
I never anticipated the liberating sense of freedom that was ignited by two wheels, a shiny red frame, an oversized front basket and a mismatched but completely essential pink bell.
A Confucius Institute that leads the way
2011-01-20 07:59:10
The Confucius Institute in Chicago has become a rich educational resource for educators, parents and students for Chinese language and culture, says Jane Lu, the institute director and also coordinator of the Chinese World Language Program of Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
