Weekend Life
Weekend Life / Cover Story

Down-to-earth approach adds to the sparkle

[2015-12-26 17:17]

The setting for the seventh annual wine event the Grape Wall Challenge, in the TRB Bites restaurant in Beijing, overlooking the Forbidden City, could not have been better chosen.

It's sunrise for a hot Latin spirit

[2015-12-26 11:14]

Those who market tequila see a great future for it in China - with or without margaritas.

Where learning and art proved a potent mix

[2015-12-19 11:45]

Who belongs to this exclusive club is a matter of much scholarly contention, but the quality of their works is not.

The artistic power and glory of Qianlong

[2015-12-19 10:02]

For art lovers the story is familiar: Master painter is found dead, paintbrush in hand. But the special thing about this artist is that he was an emperor.

Red light, green light, enlightenment

[2015-12-12 09:28]

I have to admit that the choking smog in which Beijing bathed this week came as a kind of relief to me.

Constant companions: Cameras that think

[2015-12-12 09:36]

These so-called intelligent devices are helping prevent and detect crime.

Hello, is it me you're looking for?

[2015-12-12 09:10]

If you're feeling lost, unloved and lonely, despair not-solace may be just a microchip or two away.

The narrow alleys of my glorious childhood universe

[2015-12-05 07:59]

I grew up in a shikumen lane house. The alley was so narrow that if I stood on my toes in the bathtub I could watch the couple living across from us quarrel, and yet it seemed to me that the street was wide, always bright and well-to-do.

Zen and the art of old-style living

[2015-12-05 10:29]

As harried mothers coax their children from bed, there is a clinking of milk bottles outside as the delivery man does his daily rounds, and for Barnybas Covey this is as reliable a guide as the finest Swiss watch that it is 7 am.

All hail the splurgers from the east

[2015-11-28 07:29]

It's spend, spend, spend as the world drinks at the tap of Chinese good fortune XU LIN

A visit to the stores where the sky is no limit

[2015-11-28 07:29]

Upmarket companies have realized that Chinese shoppers are voting with their passports, but for many the lure of overseas bargains remains irresistible

On the wings of a Persian wind

[2015-11-21 09:14]

A long friendship delivers an experience of green, white, red and pink, and many shades in between.

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