BluenesslanToo cool to quit?

High school student Li Rui, 17, pulls out a cigarette every time he feels upset. It doesn\'t matter where he is or who is around.

\"Smoking can help me relax,\" said Li, who goes  . . . Read More

BluenesslanCool heads needed on heated Korean Peninsula

A s a TV host, I always try to meet with my audience, young or old, Chinese or not. Meeting with a group of young students from Peking University over t  . . . Read More

BluenesslanWatch foreign investment in vulnerable vegetable markets


China\'s vegetable prices have soared in the last few weeks, and foreign capital is looking to take advantage. An international private equit  . . . Read More

BluenesslanOut of the box thinking could ease Korean crisis

Can the ongoing Korean crisis be solved? Apparently, the answer is no.

With a flashpoint nearly reached over the sinking of the South Korean naval v  . . . Read More

BluenesslanFinding a future for \'Made in China\'

The long line of job seekers outside Foxconn remains, even after another employee of the world\'s largest OEM factory tried to kill himself, following 10 suici  . . . Read More

BluenesslanChina can\'t stay on factory floor forever

Editor\'s Note:

Outsourcing supposedly flattens the world and creates a level playing field. China\'s role as global factory has propped up its rapid grow  . . . Read More

BluenesslanUS offensives take toll in Pakistan

The saga of Faisal Shahzad, who stands accused of a failed bombing attempt in New York\'s Times Square on May 1, has led the US to mount a new wave of pressure on  . . . Read More

BluenesslanAgonizing trek for water

Living in a remote village more than 1,700 meters above sea level, six-year-old Yu Jinzhen and her family have to fetch water from more than seven kilometers away. All sourc  . . . Read More

BluenesslanPopular diet guru exposed as fraud

A once-popular Chinese diet therapist, who claimed that the combination of mung beans and eggplant could cure almost all diseases, has been found to have faked his  . . . Read More

BluenesslanWen tries to defuse tension

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Sunday stressed the importance of avoiding a confrontation over the sinking of a South Korean warship as the two Koreas continued to trade thre  . . . Read More