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Guqin, a Chinese zither evoking sound of a mist, makes a comeback

Feature | Art
2009-11-23

TO tai chi master Guo Huaisheng, music floats from a guqin (a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family) like mist while melodies run from a piano like rainfall. "A great pianist can...

Now it's okay to run your office at home

Hangzhou
2009-11-23

NEW college-graduate entrepreneurs in Hangzhou can now register their dormitories or apartments as their legal place of business when applying for a business license. The new home-office regulation for such entrepreneurs...

Young self-starters get business help

Hangzhou
2009-11-23

YOUNG college graduates starting a business are getting a big helping hand from the Hangzhou municipal government. It is enacting policies and giving incentives and subsidies that encourage young people faced with...

Autumn flourish of culture, art

District | Changning
2009-11-23

THE creative juices flowed for artists and audiences in Changning District when the annual Hongqiao art festival blitzed the area with stunning performances by foreign and Yangtze River Delta region artists. Fei Lai...

Blueprint for brighter business

District | Changning
2009-11-23

AMID cut-throat competition in the commercial sector, Changning District planners are working on ways to lure shoppers and companies to its world-class business centers, discovers Victoria Fei. Competition is fierce...

Scots spring surprise on Wallabies

Sports | Rugby union
2009-11-23

SCOTLAND stunned Australia 9-8 and New Zealand continued its perfect touring record to beat England on Saturday, while Wales outclassed Argentina and South Africa finally won a match in Europe with victory over Italy. ...

Westwood lands Dubai double

Sports | Golf
2009-11-23

LEE Westwood achieved a European Tour double yesterday by winning the season-ending Dubai World Championship and the European Tour money-list title. An imperious eight-under-par 64 gave him a final 23-under...

Bolt, Gay set for three showdowns

Sports | Athletics
2009-11-23

SPRINT stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meetings next year. Athletic's governing body said on Saturday that the...

Ward takes Kessler's WBA crown as bout halted

Sports | Boxing
2009-11-23

AMERICAN Andre Ward claimed the WBA super middleweight title from Denmark's Mikkel Kessler on Saturday in a bout that had to be stopped early, leaving the ex-champion's camp complaining of dirty tactics in Oakland,...

Positive moves taken to clean up scourge of gambling in soccer

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2009-11-23

CHINESE soccer is back in the headlines and again for the wrong reasons. The latest scourge to afflict the country's scandal-ridden game is soccer betting, a furtive activity that has stalked the sport for long...