Or to be more precise, the location of the cafe where he had the coffee helped him make the decision.

• Brands bank on the Bund
  LEE Xie, a Shanghai native now working with a New York fund manager, had a cup of coffee in his hometown during his Easter vacation which helped him to make up his mind to move back.
• Coping with copycats
  IF employees of Italian luxury brand Valentino visit China, they may be surprised to find there are already many "V" logos on display in small stores and markets. Each "Valentino" T-shirt may cost as little as 50 yuan (US$6).
• Caught in the Net
  LIU Qi is an online game addict. Focusing his eyes on the shifting images on the screen, his hands adroitly tapped on the keyboard to control the warrior and his weapons, his body twitching to release excess energy.
• The games people play
  THE Shenhao Internet cafe is a venue for gatherings of online game addicts in the Hongkou District. The cafe is crowded with young people all day and night, especially in the early evening and late at night.

• Painful departure
  NEW DELHI - Sonia Gandhi, heir to India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, tearfully gave up her chance to become prime minister on Tuesday to protect her new Congress government from damaging attacks over her Italian birth.
• Iraq victim awaits justice after Abu Ghraib horror
  BAGHDAD - The Iraqi truck driver shakes his head with disbelief when he recalls the screams of a girl he says was raped by US soldiers, and the shame of being urinated on when he was imprisoned at Abu Ghraib.

• Mothers, suckle your infants!
  We are all angry at the unscrupulous manufacturers and distributors of the deadly milk powder that killed so many babies recently but have we ever thought that we are in the midst of losing a precious aspect of motherhood, the loss of which may have contributed to the tragedy.?
• Yellow Crane Tower - a suitable place for cranes?
  Renowned as one of the three famous towers south of the Yangtze River, Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, of Central China's Hubei Province, has many beautiful fairy tales attending its name.
• Chinese girl, American heart
  An ugly tug-of-war with racial and international political implications is now attracting global news attention. At the heart of the case is a five-year-old Chinese girl and the only family she's ever really known.
• Dubious delights of dining, Chinese-style
  Getting invited to dinner is a universal pleasure that transcends cultural barrier.
• Love my dog, love my environment
  Ever since I was a kid, I was taught that dogs are good friends of humans. One of the earliest English proverbs I learned is, "Love me, love my dog". And indeed we are only too familiar with stories about the loyalty of a dog to its owner which makes it stand out as being the most trustworthy friend of all animals.
• Who killed the babies?
  A number of of new-born babies have died from being fed fake and shoddy milk powder in Fuyang county in East China's Anhui Province (and in other cities).

• Recipe for a new life
  AN Austrian food and beverage trainer at Shanghai's largest hotel, the Shangri-La has been working in China since 1990, while integrating himself into Chinese social life.

• Chinese lantern for the world
  IN September, 2000, over 150 heads of State and government met at the United Nations Millennium Summit to discuss issues concerning peace and human development.
• Power goes with the territory
  FOREIGN officials and consuls formed a special clique in the years of the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). On behalf of the authorities of their own countries, the foreign officials played an important role in developing and managing many aspects of the foreign concessions in the city, including politics, administration, economics and social policy.