Subway darner finds online fame
Fewer and fewer people are taking their worn clothes to be touched up these days, but that hasn’t put Li Wenhai, a 40-something darner from Anhui Province, out of a job.
May 13, 2011 Filed under News u can use
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I’m wrapping up my two-month stay in China, but I want to see some kung fu and acrobatics shows before I return home. Can you tell me where and how I can get a ticket?
May 13, 2011 Filed under News u can use
Guard against fake service companies for home appliances
Fake products are everywhere in Beijing, but the knockoff industry is producing something more alarming: fake repair and maintenance agencies.
May 6, 2011 Filed under News u can use
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Black Sesame Kitchen on Heizhima Hutong off Nanluogu Xiang holds cooking classes on Thursdays and Saturdays for 300 yuan per person.
May 6, 2011 Filed under News u can use
Public bike rental stations on the rise
Bikes – nudged aside in the past decade as car ownership has soared in Beijing – may be making a comeback.
April 29, 2011 Filed under News u can use
Space program solicits logos, names for planned space station
At a public ceremony on Monday, China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO), along with QQ, invited the public to submit ideas for logos and names for its space station, which should be completed by 2020.
April 29, 2011 Filed under News u can use
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If you are looking for a cookbook in English, I would recommend Land of Plenty, written by Fuxia Dunlop, a foreign correspondent for the BBC who attended a culinary institute in Sichuan Province.
April 29, 2011 Filed under News u can use
Inaugural Beijing film festival set to begin
The 1st Beijing International Film Festival is set to open tomorrow, with 160 films from 42 countries shown in 20 cinemas across the city, according to sources from the festival’s organizing committee.
April 22, 2011 Filed under News u can use
Free venue available for NGOs
A spacious 750-square-meter activity center recently opened at the north end of the basement of Workers Gymnasium. Run by the creative company iRENA, the center is free to use for NGOs.
April 22, 2011 Filed under News u can use
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I’m marrying a Chinese guy next year in Beijing and I’m already preparing for the big day. We’ve decided on a Western ceremony and reception. Can you recommend some wedding planners?
April 22, 2011 Filed under News u can use
