XINHUA – A tough man like Mao Xianglin rarely hesitates in the face of difficulty, let alone being deterred from his course of action. However, faced with carving a road out of the mountains where he and his fellow villagers had lived for generations, he found himself faltering. In the piercing winter of 1997, more […]
WEIFANG (AP) – More than 1,000 kites filled the skies of Weifang, an eastern Chinese coastal city that touts itself as the “kite capital of the world”, on Saturday. Locals say there is nothing that can’t sail the skies of Weifang. From dragons to pandas, modern cars to mythical characters from a canonical Chinese novel, […]
HANOI (AFP) – The head of Vietnam’s National Assembly has resigned, the ruling Communist Party said on Friday, one of the most senior leaders to fall in a sweeping anti-corruption purge. Vuong Dinh Hue asked to step down because of “violations and shortcomings”, the party said in a statement on its website. Thousands of people, […]
ANN/THE STAR – Aargh!! Anger isn’t a pleasant feeling. According to Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University Dr Heather Lench, anger shouldn’t be avoided, suppressed, or ignored. Instead, it can serve as a motivating force to conquer obstacles and attain challenging objectives. In an article published in the widely-read Scientific American, […]
TOKYO (AFP) – A normal if windy work day went south for one Japanese bureaucrat when documents containing residents’ personal information were blown away in a real-life slapstick mishap. The official in central Japan’s Aichi region was using a trolley to transport a cardboard box filled with documents from one building to another when, to […]