A woman shows commemorative stamps marking the traditional lunar Jichou Year of 2009 at a post office in Qingdao, January 5, 2009.

Total funds raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) in China are expected to rise nearly 47 percent to 152 billion yuan this year from 103.5 billion yuan in 2008.

Life and culture after 30 years of opening up

Actresses Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson arrive to attend the premiere of the film "Bride Wars" in New York January 5, 2009.

David Beckham insists this has everything to do with soccer and nothing to do with fashion and celebrity.

"For instance, when buying coats, Chinese consumers like to ask how to wash them and how to match them with sweaters and trousers.

My gf just broke up with me. The problem - Mother's wish.I hurt real bad deep inside me, but what's there for me to do.