News

China's 2,600-year-old agricultural tax has been rescinded since January 1st, 2006, after China's top legislature voted on December 29th, 2005 to adopt a motion on the regulations revoking the agricultural tax...>>more

TRAVEL

If you don't like the hordes of camera-toting tourists jostling with you for the perfect picture on the Great Wall, head for the portion at Huangyaguan just 120 km north of Tianjin. If you don't like sharing the site with hundreds of souvenir-hungry pilgrims trooping to the site at Beijing, bring the troop to the section just two hours away from where we are now....>>more

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

When most people hear this question they will confidently answer yes, but I bet you don't know what the real meaning of autism is. It's a congenital cerebral disability that affects language, awareness, feelings, behaviors and relationships. According to some, they are called “star's children” ...>>more

Cover Story

Lovely truly can be found in the most unexpected places. This Valentines' Day we'll introduce you to four couples who prove that love can overcome any obstacle, any superficial or cultural differences. We'll learn how they met, hear their stories and how they've dealt with the contrasts between their respective cultures...>>more

Telegraph

If you have read this column with any frequency, you then know that I have written before about stashing money away for the future by knocking small expenditures out of your life, items you will not miss. My first published illustration of this principle referred to that tempting daily Mochaccino...>>more

MOVIE REVIEW

Peter Jackson's latest, King Kong, is a remake of the 1933 classic. The story of a filmmaker, a beautiful woman, and a huge prehistoric gorilla. Director Carl Denham (Black) has come into possession of a map leading to an undiscovered country, Skull Island. Along with ...>>more

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Korea Air was one of the first foreign airlines to set up in Tianjin. Since last year they've brought in a new regional manager, Mr. Yo-Han Park. JIN had a talk with Mr. Park about his thoughts and experiences being in China, and being in the airline industry...>>more

CITY TREKKING

With the prevalence of modern mass media, as more and more people live their lives in the fast lane, Ping Shu (a form of story telling based on classic novels), a traditional Chinese art, is facing extinction due to its slow pace and dwindling popularity with the younger generation...>>more

HOW TO

Sticky rice flour (250g), hot water (250ml), lard (3 tbsp in the flour, and some in the stuffing), maltose, black sesame, pine nuts, walnut kernels, sunflower seed kernels...>>more

GOLF

The shot in golf that most people either love or hate is the sand shot. If you go to the local golf course and ask most players, many will respond by saying they don't like hitting out of a bunker. However, if you ask a golf professional whether they would hit out of a bunker or rough, they almost always choose the bunker. Professionals like the consistent lie that they will have in a bunker...>>more

A VIEW ASKEW

his isn't anything to do with the Franz Kafka tale of a man waking up and finding himself turned into a gigantic insect. But, it is a tale of myself waking up one day and realising how China has turned me into a slightly different person...>>more