An artist paints under the eyes of Albert Einstein and Mao Zedong. Since my first visit, I’ve returned to Dafen numerous times, and not only for business. Each time it impresses me not only with its ambitious development, but as a peaceful enclave in a bustling city, worthy of a long, lazy art-filled afternoon. If […]

A TORCH bearer for the Athens and the Beijing Olympics, a popular university teacher of Western music history and a self-taught pop singer, 45-year-old Liu Huan is in the spotlight once more. This time, he’ll be facing a full house of 91,000 at the Bird’s Nest at the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Friday […]

GUO JINGJING became the most successful woman diver in Olympic history by winning gold in the individual three-metre springboard yesterday. Guo dominated the event with a run of brilliant dives to beat Russia’s Julia Pakhalina and Wu Minxia of China. It was the 26-year-old Chinese superstar’s second gold of these Games and the sixth of […]

A PICTURE taken during the Olympic torch relay in Shenzhen by a local amateur photographer has been placed in a permanent collection in the city’s archives. The photo, entitled “A Family Following the Olympic Torch,” was one of more than 30 pictures snapped by Zou Bixiong, an employee of an electronics company in Bao’an District, […]

Han Ximin, Jane Lai Shenzhen has established a sound social security system including social welfare, employment and social aid for disabled persons whose population has reached 60,000, accounting for 3.02 percent of the city’s total. Sources from the Shenzhen Federation for Disabled Persons said Thursday that the city had issued 45 documents governing the rights […]

A TOP-STANDARD hospital, equipped with state-of-the-art medical facilities and 600 staff, has opened in the Olympic Village. Olympic villagers can enjoy free medical services including dentistry and eye-care in the three-story hospital, which is located in the southern part of the village that houses about 16,000 athletes, coaches and their entourages. Medical equipment including MRI, […]

A computer image of Futian Station on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong passenger railway line. Graphic by Li Wuyi Jane Lai CONSTRUCTION started yesterday on Futian Station on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong passenger railway line in Futian CBD, the first underground railway station on a long-distance line in China. The 7-billion-yuan (US$1.02 billion) project will include a three-story […]

Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses a welcoming luncheon in Beijing, China, Aug. 8, 2008. Hu Jintao hosted a welcoming luncheon in honor of world dignitaries who are here to attend the opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.(Xinhua/Rao Aimin Photo)     BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday told international dignitaries coming […]

Liu Hong from Shenzhen competes in the 20-kilometer walk in Beijing yesterday. She clocked 1:27.17 her personal best to finish 4th. Olga Kaniskina of Russia won the gold medal in 1:26.31, surpassing the Olympic record of 1:29.05 set by Wang Liping of China at the 2000 Sydney Games.Xinhua