Zhang Qiaoli, a physician in the Department of Human Reproductive Medicine, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University. Women should strive to balance quality of work and life, and have children at a young age.As a doctor I see much suffering because of this imbalance. Xiao Ying, 36, works for a largelaw firm. Her job…
Taylor Swift to testify in court over Lucky 13 trademark
13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. But maybe not this time. A judge has lately ordered the singer to testify in the Lucky 13 trademark infringement lawsuit, according to media report on Thursday. The Grammy-award winner was reportedly being sued by Orange County-based apparel company Lucky 13. Taylor Swift was quoted as saying “whenever a…
Chenlu, an old hub for ceramic making
Located in the mountainous area of Tongchuan city, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, Chenlu is an ancient town known for its kilns and ceramics. On its loessial land of dozens of miles around, big and small kilns dot everywhere. As the biggest ceramic kiln in Shaanxi province, the Yaozhou Kiln in Chenlu has its fires blazing…
25 gardens listed as ‘historical gardens’, Summer Palace included
The Beijing Horticulture Greening Bureau announced Thursday that 25 parks and gardens,including the Summer Palace and Beihai Park, are among the first batch to be inscribed onthe “historical gardens” list. The concept of “historical gardens” refers to those gardens and parks located within Beijing’sjurisdiction that carry distinctive historical and cultural values and more importantly, played…
World’s best restaurant: El Celler de Can Roca
The recently crowned world’s best restaurant, Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca, basesits success on combining culinary traditions of Mediterranean people and continuousinnovation and creativity. The Roca brothers founded this restaurant in 1986 inGirona, Catalonia, in northeast Spain. This restaurant was chosen early in June asthe best in the world by the prestigious British magazine…
Nation sets out cleaner strategy for environment assessments
The Ministry of Environmental Protection has started to clean up its assessment procedures in an effort to stop new businesses being built that would cause pollution. So far this year it has canceled the licenses of more than 100 agents that had the authority to assess and approve planned projects, a ministry statement said on…
Securities regulator vows steps to restore market stability
China’s securities regulator said on Friday that maintaining stock market stability andrestoring investor confidence are still its top priorities, despite the recent turbulence whichdampened market sentiment and trading volume. The regulator has met with all major securities brokerages and funds and urged them tobetter control their margin trading and short sales business, both of which…
Coastal provinces brace for super typhoon
FUZHOU – Fujian province in east China issued its highest typhoon alert as super typhoon Soudelor approaches southeast China’s coastal provinces with downpours and gales. The typhoon, expected to land between the cities of Jinjiang and Fuqing Saturday evening, will pose a serious threat to Fujian, the provincial meteorological station said. Flights to the provincial capital…
Monster Hunt leads the pack of domestic films breaking records
Live action fantasy/CGI Monster Hunt has set a new record as the biggest Chinese film everin box office revenue by raking in 1.8 billion yuan ($290.12 million) in ticket sales in theworld’s second-largest movie market. The film has broken several other records, including for highest ticket sales in a single day, asingle day for IMAX, opening…
Small investors flee the market
Nearly one third of small investors, or more than 20million,have fled the turbulent stock market. The number of small investors holding stocks in their accounts slid to 51 million at the end ofJuly from 75 million at the end of June, according to China Securities Depository & ClearingCorp, the government agency that tracks accounts. Shanghai…