By NBC News’ Bo Gu
BEIJING – Liu Mingjie expected that President Barack Obama’s first visit to China would bring more business to his little boutique shop in Beijing’s popular Houhai area, a lakeside district filled with trendy restaurants and bars, souvenir shops and lots of tourists.
Until last weekend, Liu had been interviewed by [...]
Archive for November 14th, 2009
14 Nov, 2009
Trips to Venus shake up women’s role in Japan
Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News
By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent
TOKYO – When I asked Masako Usui what she thought of Japan’s new first lady, the news presenter for the NTV television network started to bang and twist her thumbs together.
“They were returning from a trip abroad, when we saw her thumb-wrestling with her husband through the plane’s window,” [...]
Categories
- Around Beijing (690)
- Events (2)
- News (760)
- Technology (93)
- Uncategorized (1)
Search
- My first and last bullfights: Artistry, courage and brutal slaughter
- For Afghans, WikiLeaks shows ‘real face’ of Pakistan
- Pakistanis rush to scene: ‘I just wanted to help’
- Protesters: ‘Say no to Mandarin!’
- Eco-warriors give London small taste of spill pain
- Thirst for oil has costs for China, too
- Relief from heat eludes Muscovites
- Arab convicted of rape after consensual sex with Jew
- Pakistanis suspicious of Clinton offerings
- China rocks - but not international names
- Mr WordPress: Hi, this is a comment.To delete a comment, just log in and view the post's comments. There you will have the option to edit or delete them.