Spring Festival may be the worst holiday for one of my friends, all because she has a “lousy” boyfriend. Every time she goes home, her parents nag her, trying to talk her out of the relationship.
I think her boyfriend is not “lousy” at all. He is sweet, reliable, good-looking and the most important thing is [...]

Government and public urged to rescue endangered cultural relics amid the city’s rapid urbanization drive
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While the demolition of a hutong is a sad scene for most Beijingers, the wrecking crews at least have a silver lining for He Feihao, who grabs the opportunity to hunt for cultural relics.
He received a call a few days ago [...]

It is a documentary that raises deep questions about the rapid development Beijing continues to witness: What are the human costs? Has the historical memory of the city been irrevocably erased? Is the capital an experimental laboratory for Western architects? And what are the consequences?
New Beijing-Reinventing a City offers no concrete answers to such questions. [...]

Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller have reunited.
The ‘Two and a Half Men’ star – who was arrested on Christmas Day (25.12.09) for allegedly threatening Brooke – was reunited with his spouse yesterday (08.02.10) after a judge modified a restraining order and allowed the couple to work out their differences.
The order was put in [...]

Lady Gaga was saved from cocaine addiction by the spirit of her dead aunt.
The eccentric star has revealed her life spiralled into a world of heavy drug use in a bid to replicate the lifestyles of her musical idols.
The ‘Paparazzi’ singer would lock herself in her bedroom and snort “bags and bags” of cocaine for [...]

LOS ANGELES – The doctor who prosecutors say caused Michael Jackson’s death has been released from jail after posting $75,000 in bail, only a few hours after surrendering to authorities on a manslaughter charge.
Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore says Dr. Conrad Murray was released Monday afternoon. Earlier in the day, he appeared in Superior Court [...]

MADRID: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for two matches and fined 600 euros ($845) for his sending-off in Sunday’s 2-0 La Liga win over Malaga, the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday.
The Portuguese netted a first-half double at the Bernabeu but was shown a straight red card in the 70th minute [...]

Baseball loses Olympic status but US still keen on the local market
When the International Olympic Committee announced last year that baseball and softball would not appear at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, many started to worry about the prospects of the sports in China, which boasts a medal-focused sports training system.
However, that is not [...]

TIANJIN: China’s Tianjin on Tuesday signed an official agreement with the World Boxing Organization (WBO) to set up Asia’s first and the world’s third largest boxing center in the city and to host all-level WBO championships for 10 years.
WBO President Francisco Valcarcel said here that the Tianjin boxing center will be the third largest one [...]