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Special half-day tours for athletes
2024-08-06Travel agencies in Beijing are for the first time preparing half-day sightseeing tours of the capital for athletes, trainers and journalists during th...
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Yao's bed, other Games items up for grabs
2024-08-06If you’re an Olympic and Yao Ming fan and a collector, here's news for you.The jumbo bed the 7-foot-6-inch giant will sleep on in the Olympi...
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The buildings, they are a changin'
2024-08-05It takes the cake. Perhaps it changes the rules of the building game too.A rotating building. Or, a building that changes shape, call it what you like...
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Game girl gears up to garner giggles
2024-08-05Lu Wen, a social worker left here yesterday on a mission: to cheer up the people of Dujiangyan.Lu is among a team of 13 - the first of its kind in the...
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Storm and rain lash south
2024-08-06Tropical storm Fengshen brought more rain and misery to southern China yesterday, throwing life out of gear in the economic hubs of Hong Kong and Shen...
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Targeting an epidemic before it hurts
2024-08-04Five years ago, SARS, showed the authorities the benefits of transparency in reporting and handling a health crisis. In a similar vein, this year'...
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Living the dream
2024-08-06Deng Linlin holds back tears when she pulls off a move; she is wet-eyed when she misses one. And she is closest to crying when she disappoints her coa...
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'Runner Fan' prompts change
2024-08-06To run or not to run: that is the question."Runner Fan", nickname of Fan Meizhong, has created a controversy because he ran out of the class...
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Finding a fair fare for new airport express
2024-08-06A hearing on ticket prices for a new airport express line, set to open next month, will be held on Wednesday, the Beijing Morning Post reported yester...
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Hu calls for new vim to fight climate change
2024-08-06President Hu Jintao has pledged China will make greater contributions in the global battle against climate change.Hu, also general secretary of the Co...