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Shanghai Diamond League's touch of Dutch

Sports | 18.05.2012 | Michel Faas

Liu Xiang at the 2012 World Indoor Championships.

The 2nd leg of the IAAF Diamond League is about to begin in Shanghai, but did you know a Dutch company is involved?

China’s top 5 kung fu towns

Destinations | 18.05.2012 | Iona Orbinski-Vonk

Kung consists of many styles, with the Shaolin style being seen as the father of all others.

To Westerners, kung fu and China are irrefutably interconnected, but what exactly is kung fu anyway? And what are some of the places this martial art is still practiced?

Overcoming China’s food safety challenges

Lifestyle | 17.05.2012 | Rūta Klimašauskaitė

Would you eat food cooked on the street?

When traveling to China, foreigners want to sample the local food, but don't want to be poisoned. We offer some tips...

Music review: Maracaípe by Beijing Guitar Duo

Music | 17.05.2012 | Taavi Niinimaa

Beijing Guitar Duo released their debut album ‘Maracaípe’ in 2009, but it is not too late for you to discover its delights for yourself…

The Jin Dynasty – discord, wars, and revolts

Dynasties | 16.05.2012 | Chris Angelis

Wars, fighting, discord - elements of the Jin Dynasty period

After the Three Kingdoms period, the Jin Dynasty managed to rule China for about 150 years. But this was, once again, a time of fights, revolts, and much violence.

The camera loves men on fire

| 16.05.2012 | Riho Laurisaar

The camera loves people on fire, and that love does not go unanswered.

The first notable instances of self-immolation in the West were related to the Vietnam War, following Quang Duc's example a few years earlier.

Bo Xilai, Wen Jiabao and the Cultural Revolution

Politics | 15.05.2012 | Andrew Jones

Bo Xilai leads a rendition of "Ode to the Motherland"

Bo Xilai's sacking has been interpreted as a move to extinguish the threat of the past. Is there a link between the Cultural Revolution and Bo's case?

News

World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi took to the training field on May 17 after the press conference announcing his appointment as Evergrande coach.

Marcello Lippi takes the helm at Guangzhou Evergrande

18.05.2012

World Cup-winning Italian football coach Marcello Lippi has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande.

Li Na makes it onto top 100 celebrity list 18.05.2012

North Korea urged to guarantee rights of Chinese hostages 18.05.2012

Smuggling kingpin hit with life imprisonment 18.05.2012

Dai Bingguo: Size matters in the South China Sea 16.05.2012

Significant progress in political reforms – People’s Daily 16.05.2012

China calls for end to ’separatism’, protests Cameron’s Dalai Lama meeting 16.05.2012

Does Huawei’s activity in Canada threaten US security? 16.05.2012

Manila hostage tragedy memories overshadow Huangyan in HK 15.05.2012

Chinese fans’ teary farewell to retiring Italian football legends 15.05.2012

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Editor's pick of the day

The Southern School of painting displayed nature in subliminal terms.

Philosophy through painting: The Southern School

Beitucheng subway station looked pretty festive when welcoming numerous tourists in 2008.

A quick guide to the Beijing subway

Access and standards of education vary greatly across the country. The picture shows a primary school in Henan Province.

Poverty in China: Past achievements, future challenges

Ken Holcomb signed up for the Great Wall Marathon to take his running to the next level.

Scaling the Great Wall

Lifestyle

Wuhan has decided to give the same punishment to people running red lights and yellow lights.

Is running yellow lights illegal?

China's Hubei Province, clearly expressed that people who run yellow lights will be punished as if they had run red lights.

Teaching in China isn't always child's play.

Chinese recruitment of native English speakers a black-and-white issue?

An NBC article claims there is an increasing trend in for only white people to be offered English teaching positions in China.

Beautiful life in a wheelchair

China's battle against drunk driving

Two programs aim to raise 40 mln for poor village children

Focus

Individual investors trade their stocks in a VIP room of Huatai Securities Co. Ltd. in Huaian, Jiangsu Province.

Making a better capital market

A series of new measures aim to ensure fairness, maintain sound development and protect investors' interests.

Rising tension across the South China Sea has reignited Hong Kong people’s anti-Philippine sentiments since the Manila hostage tragedy.

Manila hostage tragedy memories overshadow Huangyan in HK

The Manila hostage tragedy is still fresh in Hong Kong minds and the Huangyan Island dispute with the Philippines has done little to calm emotions...

Renewable energy and China’s environmental policies

Splits deepen as Sino-Philippine standoff remains on Huangyan Island

Food

Does this make your mouth water so much it makes your head tilt?

Warm corn salad with pine nuts

Even though this might resemble a salad to some Westerners, it is actually a rare vegetarian Chinese dish...

Deep fried shrimp are exquisite with the garlic sauce.

Going low-carb: is it possible with Chinese food?

Is deep fried Chinese food really a good idea if you want to eat low-carb?

Giant wok being constructed in Jiangsu

Workers are busy getting the giant wok ready for the fifth annual Food Festival in Nantong in China’s Jiangsu province. This is a place where they obviously need to cook A LOT OF FOOD.

Health

Huang Cuiping (second right) and other cancer survivors who volunteer with the Shanghai East Hospital take a lunch break on March 2

Cancer fighters

Cancer survivors volunteer to bring sunshine into the lives of cancer patients.

The blood storage cabins are all empty in the Yunnan Kunming Blood Center on October 27, 2010.

Blood: SOS

China is suffering from a severe shortage of the fluid of life.

More than a million new cases of tuberculosis are reported in China each year.

Future of tuberculosis in China’s hands

China has one of the world's highest rates of tuberculosis, so what are they doing to control this prevalent disease?

Floating on the East China Sea, Pingtan Island enjoys a growing reputation as a rustic getaway. Transport to the island is now more accessible than ever due to the development of the Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone.

Northern Guizhou: A past relived

Through the viewfinder – China’s top 5 lakes

China's first 'capsule hotel' fully booked

Travel diaries help tourists avoid entry fees

Mutianyu Great Wall – taking your breath away, literally

Rūta's China blog: It was nice meeting you, Beijing

Huaxi - China's wealthiest village

Adventures through a camera lens

Rūta’s China blog: Why to panic? Why NOT?

Culture

China-France Film Festival 2012: Gong Li, an ambassador of charm

The second China-France Film Festival opened in Paris on Monday. Special guest at the event was the sublime Gong Li, China's most iconic movie star for over two decades.

"To be 20 in Xi'an"

Film review - Shaolin (2011)

Second China-France Film Festival opens in Paris

The Bai people – Yunnan’s second largest nationality

Peng Hao, the people’s theater

gbtimes starts operations in Kyrgyzstan

Buddhism – what is “Zen”?

Two wheels are ruling China's highways

The Ying Quartet is a family business

Past & Present

The Terracotta Warriors guarded the Emperor after his death

Qin Shihuang – the man who united China

Qin Shihuang was a bold visionary who, for the first time in the history of China, united the country by sword and diplomacy and established a feudal state with a central government.

Nest of spies – Budapest

Espionage is the second oldest profession, and every country is doing it. During the Cold War, Chinese intelligence and the Socialist countries were spying on each other.

Torture, the failure of all human emotions

Torture: the skeleton in the closet is still alive

As Fyodor Dostoyevsky pointed out, “No animal can ever be as cruel as a human being, so artfully, so artistically, cruel.” A look at human history fills one's heart with despair.