Art fever – Market booms as the more buy

The 14th Shanghai Art Fair, held from September 8 to 12, announced its total trade volume for this year rose 40 percent over last year to nearly 70 million yuan. From Shanghai to Beijing and Hong Kong, the thirst for culture and investment appears insatiable.

Tongrentang sole agent of Wisconsin ginseng

Tongrentang Health-Care Pharmaceutical will be the sole mainland agent for ginseng imported from Wisconsin, US, according to a cooperation agreement signed Monday in Beijing.

When the moon is perfect – Cultural differences leave expats baffled at Moon Festival

Whether you call it the Lantern Festival, the Moon Festival or the Moon Cake Festival, the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar is a red-letter day.

Officials and executives buy face, promotions from universities

Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) announced on its website at the end of last month that 307 graduate students were being expelled for failing to complete their studies.

Apple Peel transforms iPod Touch into iPhone

Pan Lei and Pan Yong, the Chinese brothers who invented a device to convert Apple’s iPod Touch into an iPhone, say they are innovators, not copycats.

Art of the ages

Jeweller Salah Abdelhamed is bringing traditional treasures from the court of Sudan to downtown Footscray, writes Geoff Strong.

Designer Paul Smith goes for the masculine look

What should a woman do if she’s going for the “I-borrowed-it-from-my-boyfriend” look but doesn’t actually have a boyfriend? Paul Smith has the answer.

Storm in an A-cup

Being flat-chested was once cause for lamentation, but these days not every woman wants to super-size her bust.

The Pumpkins, peeled

AN OUTSIDER could feasibly argue there is something inherently tragic about Billy Corgan in 2010.

More thriller than fantasy for Harry Potter finale

The Harry Potter drip feed has continued with the release of the first full-length trailer from part one of the Deathly Hallows finale.