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AFTER a 54-year absence, beauty contests are making a comeback in China now that the government has finally lifted its ban on such pageants.
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- Dietary danger signs
TWO little boys giggle as they play hide and seek among hundreds of filthy cages packed tight with civet cats, dogs, porcupines and squirrels.
- Glamour gets go-ahead
AFTER a 54-year absence, beauty contests are making a comeback in China now that the government has finally lifted its ban on such pageants.
- Ugly world of beauty
FASHION is a cycle with no truth, just a bargain between beauty and power, according to Bao Mingxin, a well-known commentator on fashion in China and a professor at Donghua University.
- Objects of appreciation
WE know from history books that early from ancient times China enjoyed holding different types of beauty pageants.
- Two cities, one future
HONG Kong and Shanghai, competing to be the economic centre of China, agreed to cement economic ties during the visit of a delegation headed by Mayor Han Zheng to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region this week.
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- Politics by other means?
MOSCOW - The Russian stock market showed a tentative recovery on Tuesday, a day after a steep plunge prompted by the arrest and jailing of the head of the oil giant Yukos and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov called for steps to stabilize Russia's financial markets.
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- How to sell to Westerners
"When you buy in markets you always need to bargain", was one of the first things I learned in Shanghai. It might sound funny to Shanghainese, but I don't know how to bargain.
- In defence of Chinese characters
In "Chinese Characters, beauty or burden?" (October 23-29), Mr Bisterfeld argues that "the multi-stroke, one word per character, Chinese-style way of writing was complicated, time wasting, hard to learn and inflexible...", and therefore drastic reform is badly needed.
- There may be trouble ahead
We all have "Bad China Days". Just some days, for whatever reason - you're tired, you got out of bed the wrong side, you've got bad hair - you struggle to cope with the curve balls that a day in China can present you with. For me, it can be frustration at not being able to do something I take for granted at home, or frustration at not being able to communicate as well as I'd like. But I think I've found a way to spot the impending arrival of a bad day. A warning system, if you like.
- Miracle medications can be a headache
As my home medicine cabinet was getting low on Bayers', the German-made aspirin, I decided to scour the Chinese market for it as it seemed patently silly to bring back such a common analgesic all the way from overseas.
- City laments loss of its Old Charm
Although she feels at home again after landing back in Shanghai after a two-month stay in Europe, July Li is still overwhelmed by the ancient touch of cities there. "I was absolutely impressed when I got to Rome," she said. "Every building is perfectly preserved and reminds you of history."
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- US jazz duo revisit'China Skies'
AS far as these two exponents of jazz are concerned, music is more than just a business and the way they earn their livelihood. It is with them 24 hours a day - they talk it, teach it, perform it and when they get to sleep, they dream it.
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- Keeping abreast of change
THE earliest record of ancient Chinese women's underwear dates back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).
- The travels of Pan Deming
WHEN the 10th Olympic Games was held in Los Angeles in 1932, China didn't send a team due to national calamity and financial constraints.
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