16 Jun

Inaugural trip to start off with big bang

More than 200 Chinese mainland tourists will leave today and tomorrow to join a celebration on Thursday in Washington DC, specially held for China’s inaugural leisure tour group to the United States.
The tourists will leave from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to join the event seen as marking a new era in Sino-US relations.
Vice-Premier Wang Qishan, [...]

03 Feb

Mongolian lambs? Not this mob. If Genghis Khan, so can they

ONE HAS broken a wrist, another fell so heavily he split his
helmet. Yet another was recently treated in hospital for fractured
ribs. And the rest? Bruises, cuts and enough muscle soreness to
know that this is serious training.
This eclectic confederation of amateur cyclists has until June
to get fit enough to spend just over a week riding hundreds [...]

02 Feb

Mongolian lambs? Not this mob. If Genghis Khan, so can they

ONE HAS broken a wrist, another fell so heavily he split his
helmet. Yet another was recently treated in hospital for fractured
ribs. And the rest? Bruises, cuts and enough muscle soreness to
know that this is serious training.
This eclectic confederation of amateur cyclists has until June
to get fit enough to spend just over a week riding hundreds [...]