By Richard McGregor in Shanghai
Institutional investors in China are to have a greater role in the pricing of domestic initial public offerings under new rules issued after a four-month freeze on listings. The r

     
“As all of us know, Harvard is the world''''s pre-eminent university library,” said Sidney Verba, its director, in a note to colleagues on Monday. “Its holdings of over 15m volumes are the result of

      There have been many extraordinary eyewitness accounts of the disaster that unfolded as giant waves swept ashore after the earthquake. The following are a selection:
"It happened in cycles. There would be a

      U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has taken a firsthand look at the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh by helicopter, saying he was shocked by what he saw.
"I have never seen anything like this,

      Post-tsunami tourism in Asia stirs debate
The day after the earthquake-spawned tsunami killed thousands and ravaged coastlines across the Indian Ocean, Jeff Burleson posted a message on FlyerTalk.com, wondering w

      China and Taiwan have agreed to allow direct flights between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland during the lunar new year holiday in February.
The charter flights, linking two cities in Taiwan and three in China, w

      Today, at 1949 local time in Singapore, the IOC announced that London has been voted as the city to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
The five candidate cities for the 2012 Olympic Games were Paris, France; New York,

      NY Unveils Revised Freedom Tower
New York officials have unveiled a revised design for the skyscraper that will replace the World Trade Center, following fears over security.
The Freedom Tower is

      By Florian Gimbel in Hong Kong
China has failed to damp expectations of further gains in the renminbi in the next 12 months, raising the prospect of further inflows of speculative money.The market for non-delive

　　There was a woman who had three sons. When they had grown up the sons left home went out on their own and prospered years later. Getting back together they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother.
一个女人有3个儿子。长大成人后，儿子们纷纷出外谋生，数年后功成名就。回到家乡，他们聚在一起，商量送什么礼物给年迈的母亲。
　　The first said "I will build a big hou

　　I want to teach my students how to live this life on earth,
　　To face its struggle and its strife and improve their worth.
　　Not just the lesson in a book or how the rivers flow,
But how to choose the proper path wherever they may go.
　　To understand eternal truth and know the right from wrong,
　　

　　Aremote Patagonian town that's just beginning to prosper by guiding tourists through the virgin forests nearby is being shaken by the realization that it's sitting on a gold mine. Literally. More than 3,000 worried Esquel residents recently took to the streets in protests aimed at assuring that their neat community of 28,000 beco mes an ecotou

　　(1)
　　Boats sail on the rivers, 小舟在河上航行，
　　And ships sail on the seas; 大船在海中操轮，
But clouds that sail across the sky, 然而白云飘过天空时，
　　Are prettier far than these. 比这些更为悦人。
　　(2)
　　There are bridges on the rivers, 河上有桥，
　　As pretty as you please; 如你所愿的那么悦目；
　　But the bow that br

　　If you kiss her, you are not a gentleman 吻她吧，不够君子
　　If you don't, you are not a man 不吻吧，不象汉子
　　If you praise her, she thinks you are lying 夸她吧，说你欺骗
　　If you don't, you are good for nothing 不夸吧，说你笨蛋
　　If you agree to all her likes, she is abusing 顺她吧，说你气管炎
　　If you don't, you are not understanding 不顺吧，不善解

　　"There" is no better than "Here"
　　Many people believe that they will be happy once they arrive at some specific goal they set for themselves. However, more often than not, once you arrive " there" you will still feel dissatisfied, and move your " there" vision to yet another point in the future. By always chasing after another "there,