Chinese diplomat honored for saving thousands in Holocaust

Stories like this abound nowadays but they remain equally enthralling.  It has made me wonder, what could have their parents, guardians, and/or mentors told them as they were growing up so that they put others ahead of themselves?  Then I thought, maybe they were...

Bedroom Fengshui

Feng Shui is something which I believe in. Not to the extend ofobsessing it but believing that it could improve life. I used to rent aroom while I was working in Malaysia. Among the rooms, I had badexperiences with two of them.It was towards the end of the yearand everyone...

Tension, disaster, turbulence - welcome to the Year of the Rat

Chinese New Year predicts bad times.  Can you put any of this in a fortune cookie?"The Year of the Rat threatens to see a build-up of international tensions, natural and air disasters, and a more turbulent stock market, soothsayers and analysts say."

Starbucks makes joke out of Forbidden City

"Rui Chenggang, an English news anchor with CCTV-9 concluded that the Starbucks in the Forbidden City has become a joke among western tycoons after interviews with over 300 of them, including Bill Gates. "Do you have plans to open stores in Taj Mahal, Versailles or Buckingham...

10 Feng Shui Tips for a Better Life

"Feng Shui became a real fashion these days. There are more and more people who take it into account when they build or rennovate a house. Some of the Feng Shui principles are easy to implement, but others are almost impossible when changing the configuration of your house is...

It's all about the bed

In pursuit of sleep perfection, furniture style isn't really a factor. But a sturdy bed whose headboard is part of the frame is critical, says Maple Shade feng shui practitioner Melanie Lewandowski.

China's relaxed attitude towards sex

"Chinese sociologists said that the country should promote bolder attitudes toward sex, but that wife-swapping was off the agenda, state media reported Monday. Chinese attitudes toward sex have relaxed in recent decades, triggering a boom in extramarital relationships which...

China's Comrade Condoms

"Comrade Lei Feng once sold Mao to the masses. Now he helps them suit up for safe sex. In his unremarkable 22-year life, which ended ingloriously in 1962 when a PLA comrade accidentally backed a truck into a power pole that fell and crushed him, Lei Feng wanted to be nothing...