Preview of £50 Jimmy Choo shoes at H&M

A cut price range of shoes by Jimmy Choo, the footwear label favoured by celebrities, has been previewed by High Street fashion retailer H&M at prices starting from £49.99.

Phoenix rising in the US

They may hail from Versailles but a love of American popular culture has propelled Phoenix to the brink of a very unfrench transatlantic breakthrough, writes Andrew Purcell

Lil Wayne pleads guilty to weapons charge

The rapper, one of the world’s biggest hip-hop acts, faces one year in jail for attempted gun possession after DNA evidence was found to be admissible in court

‘Daring’ and ‘innovative’ chamber music group performs at Peking University

The country’s musical tradition has been in place for thousands of years and has incorporated influences from foreign lands. Bu music was one of the many victims during the turbulent years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976): Western music and musicians were banished from the scene, and even chamber music performed by local musicians was restricted.

Ask Beijing Today

I was wondering where is a good place to start learning martial arts in town? Preferably in Chaoyang District. The language of instruction is not an issue, but the cheaper the tuition, the better. The class would have to begin at level zero.

Electronic music show a huge hit last weekend

Haidian Park has built a reputation in recent years as the base of rock and roll in Beijing after hosting numerous times the successful Midi Music Festival and Modern Sky Festival.

City’s first professional muay Thai fight happens next month

Muay Thai enthusiasts in Beijing are holding their breath for Battlefield X1 “Supremacy,” the first professional muay Thai fight in towno be held November 11 at the China World Hotel. The event is also the first in China to be endorsed by the World Professional Muay Thai Federation (WPMF).

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Wear pink today to show your support to the United PINK Campaign, which promotes breast cancer awareness and prevention. Show your community spirit, dress creatively and email photos of yourself in pink to organizers. You might just find yourself on the United PINK Campaign’s website.

Dutch academic discusses challenges of doing global business

The dean of the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University, spoke before Chinese entrepreneurs in town last Thursday about the challenges of doing global business.

US organization demonstrates ‘unimagined’ uses of cotton

People know cotton as the stuff of T-shirts, tissue paper and bed sheets. But exhibition held last weekend showed that cotton also goes into food and construction materials.