"You are a bright full moon and I'm bathed in your love no matter where I am," the 28-year-old Tibetan sings as he strums his mandolin at a Tibetan-style bar in Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province.
China is the world's third biggest market for personal luxury goods, worth at least US$25bil. In the next three years, it is expected to leapfrog over Japan and the United States to take the top spot, with the luxury segment expanding to US$28bil. As it grows, the market is also maturing, moving from so-called aspirational luxury, where bling is king, to what experts call absolute luxury: the desire to be seen as both wealthy and discerning.
Chinese divers swept the last two events as Qiu Bo made a golden treble on the men's 10m platform while Wang Han/Yang Hao snatched the gold in the mixed 3m synchro springboard at the FINA Swimming World Championships here on Sunday.
Chinese divers swept the last two events as Qiu Bo made a golden treble on the men's 10m platform while Wang Han/Yang Hao snatched the gold in the mixed 3m synchro springboard at the FINA Swimming World Championships here on Sunday.
After scoring Jamaica's victory goal against Haiti last Saturday in CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football Association) Gold Cup quarterfinals, Jamaican player Giles Barnes said his team is making the most out of the tournament.
"There was a lot of bullying when I was at school, particularly when I was an elementary school student. They used to throw garbage in my face but I had no idea why," 22-year-old Ariana Miyamoto, who has taken the world by storm since becoming the first Afro-Asian to be crowned Miss Universe Japan last month, told APD in an exclusive interview.
As an ordinary Chinese farmer's daughter, Tian Fengyin could hardly expect that she would have the opportunity to march on streets of New York, along with thousands of others, from the U.N. headquarters to the Times Square to mark the International Women's Day.
The bitter winter weather in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, may not suit everyone who lives there, but it's perfect for snow and ice artist Su Shi.
Japan's time-honored sex industry still booms today, with its modern-day heart now located in the neon-lit, hedonistic, red-light district of Kabukicho, where despite Japan's Anti-Prostitution Law, everything is for sale, including young girls' hopes and dreams.
Late South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Monday dissociated herself with an upcoming autobiography movie about her life.
Afghanistan's third presidential election campaign since the collapse of Taliban regime in late 2001 formally kicked off in the conflict-plagued country on Sunday amid tight security as the militant group vowed to disrupt the polling process.
A man in Hangzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province texted police to donate his body and organs to science before committing suicide, it was announced Wednesday.
Jacob Lukaka, a student from the pioneer class of Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi, describes the period he spent in China as an eye-opener. He sees himself as standing at a vantage point in life where many Kenyans can only dream of occupying.
"As a photographer or videographer, I'm not better than my colleagues who do only one that job, but I know if I'm put into the environment, I can provide everything to the audience on my own," said Kevin Sites, also known as the "granddaddy of backpack journalists", for his versatility in writing, video and photo taking and online transmission in warzones by himself.
From Qingdao, a coastal city in northeast China's Shangdong province, the 48-year-old Guo Chuan sailed across the Pacific Ocean and down to Cape Horn, completing a 40,000-kilometer journey that took him through the most dangerous waters on the planet and made him the first Chinese to traverse the Atlantic Ocean. Guo told his story of how he felt in love with sailing and how he overcame numerous difficulties to realizing his sailing dream.
Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson has made the seismic decision to retire at the end of the season, putting down a full stop of his era at Old Trafford. He will become a director of the Red Devil instead.
Many loney hearts in China have found themselves at the center of the stage on Valentine's Day which falls on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, as parents and relatives scurry to arrange dates for those who remain single.
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