Society

The prime minister of the Cayman Islands has signed an agreement with a Chinese developer that has pledged to finance and build a cruise ship port in the capital of George Town.

State-owned China Harbour Engineering Co also will build a cruise ship pier at a nearby turtle farm as well as renovate and expand a jetty at a popular beach, according to a government statement released late Wednesday.

Westernized Chinese wedding photographer 2010.

According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, 2.68 million couples ended their marriage during 2010, up 8.5 percent over 2009.

This included 2.01 million couples who filed for divorce, an increase of 11.5 percent over 2009, and 668,000 couples who separated via court sanction.

The number of divorces has been steadily rising in the past five years. However, marriages also increased in 2010, reaching 12.4 million, up two percent in 2009.

Internet shopping websites are offering a medicine to help cure regret, Jianghuai Morning Post reported on Thursday.

Traders on the famous online platform taobao.com are offering the cure priced between 0.1 and 300 yuan.

One seller named “Linxienianhua” explained “the medicine mainly refers to providing services covering psychological consultation, career guidance and listening to your problems as well as imparting personal experiences.”

Another “Yangyangguoji” who also sells the “medicine” said that “I would like to apply my ears to you to listen to your stories. Regret medicine is for a story and a good listener.”

Plastic wrapped man initiate the anti-plastic-bag campaign in China.

As other cities in China are still struggling to contain the "white pollution" of flying plastic bags by limiting their use, Lhasa takes one step further, by banning bags from production to sales.