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WHAT denim styles will do well in the coming season? What are the popular styles this year and what may we expect next season and beyond? We may find the answers in the latest collection.
 
Fashion
  • Dashing denim--a style for all seasons
    WHAT denim styles will do well in the coming season? What are the popular styles this year and what may we expect next season and beyond? We may find the answers in the latest collection.
Health
  • Key myopia gene found
    WASHINGTON - A gene basic to the development of the eye may also hold the key to myopia, British researchers said last week.
  • German babyfood firm confirms damages to Israelis
    BERLIN ?German babyfood company Humana said on Monday it would pay compensation to Israeli families whose infants died or fell ill last year after consuming its soy-based baby formula.
  • Secret recipes of Shaolin
    THE newly-rebuilt Shaolin Medical Industry, affiliated to the famous Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain of North China’s Henan Province, has revealed some of its secret medical recipes to the world through its official website (www.shaolin.org.cn).
  • Brief
    Don’t hold the fat
Travel
Feature
  • Nesting plague
    N rural Europe it is often taken as a sign of good luck if a white stork builds its nest on the roof of a house or barn.
  • US mad cow testing under fire
    THE brown-and-white spotted calves appear happy and healthy as they amble through the tall grass of a northeastern Kansas field, never straying far from their mothers.
  • Maternal love
    HUANG Zheng was the only woman journalist from Shanghai to risk her life in Iraq and send back first-hand battlefield reports during the US-Iraq War last year. In the same year she was credited as one of the 10 outstanding young people of Shanghai.
  • Olympian Granny, get your gun!
    A PISTOL-packing grandmother is set to become Australia's oldest Olympian in 28 years after earning selection in the shooting team for the Athens Games.
What's on
  • Rickshaw Boy
    Director: Zifeng Ling
  • Stage
    Dramatic Arts Centre
  • Giants meant to be touched
    LARGE human figures covered in brightly coloured jigsaw puzzle patterned skins are attracting passers-by at the Urban Planning Exhibition Centre.
  • New season of drama
    FOUR new plays will be staged in the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre in the coming drama season ?the “Fresh Zone??which marks the appearance of a group of young actors and playwrights, known as the fifth generation of dramatists in modern China.
  • The rhythm of human figures
    OIL paintings by Japanese artist Emiko Kato are on exhibition in Xintiandi this week. Her works depict human figures in bright colours on an abstract background.

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